Opinion
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Heartland Institute Hails Citizens’ Name Change Proposal
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida director of The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate today hailed the committee passage of a Senate proposal that changes the name of the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to -
Coming Medicare Bidding Changes Could Harm Patients
Opinion -A well-intentioned but poorly designed set of changes to Medicare could have serious negative consequences when it hits home in many major areas of Ohio just a few months from now. -
Netflix Tax a Disaster for Web, Economy
Opinion -The Consumer Federation of America contends major online content distributors such as Netflix should be taxed in order to funnel more money through the slush-fund boondoggle known as the Universal Service Fund (USF). -
Hurt Feelings Don’t Justify Ban on Free Speech
Opinion -The First Amendment and privacy rights of every student in every U.S. public school accepting federal funds are being strangled by the strings attached to that funding. They’re expensive strings we’re all going to pay for. -
Medicaid Reform Could Create Huge Deficit Reduction
Opinion -For the past several months, just about everyone in Washington, DC, in both political parties, has talked about reducing the deficit. They all seem to understand that it’s what the American people want. -
Romney’s Missed Opportunity Could Cost Nomination
Opinion -Mitt Romney is known as a skillful and savvy politician, but he may already have fumbled his biggest opportunity to cement his status as a leading critic of President Barack Obama and boost his chances with the skeptical fiscal-conservative base he needs -
FCC Backtracks Approval on Jamming Device
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on consumers, manufacturers, and retailers who market, sell, or use cell phone and GPS “jamming” devices. -
Utah Repeals Electronic Communications Transparency Exemption Law
Opinion -Utah legislators prompted a statewide public outcry by passing amendments to the state’s Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA), which would exempt officeholders and their staffs from releasing emails, voicemails, and other electronic -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-7
Opinion -An Iowa attorney who allegedly served his female client four “cocktails” during their meeting to discus her drunken driving conviction has been charged for assaulting her with intent to commit sexual abuse. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Comments on Thursday Night’s Compton Unified School District ‘Parent Trigger’ Decision
Opinion -The Compton Unified School District on Thursday night reiterated its decision to deny a petition by parents at McKinley Elementary School to convert that failing school into an independent charter. -
Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Federal Court Dismissing Net Neutrality Lawsuit
Opinion -On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit brought by Verizon and Metro PCS against the Federal Communications Commission. -
#266: Ryan’s Budget Battle
Opinion -In Washington on Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is planning to defy the wisdom shared by countless consultants, pollsters, and party insiders with a budget that tackles the issue of entitlement reform. -
Get Flood Insurance on Solid Ground
Opinion -By any measure, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) faces grave problems.Consider the facts: NFIP, which its creators promised would pay its own way, currently owes the U.S. Treasury $18. -
Health Care Reform Organizations Directory
Opinion -American Action Forum1401 New York Avenue NW #1200Washington, DC 20005phone 202/657-8428http://www.americanactionforum.org American Enterprise Institute1150 17th Street NWWashington, DC 20036phone 202/207-0190fax 202/862-7177http://www.aei. -
Nader Groups Demand Feds Regulate Drug Industry Use of Social Media
Opinion -With the growth of social media, companies and consumers now use sites such as Facebook and Twitter to share information and provide support and service. -
ObamaCare’s Long Term Care Drug Delivery Rule Criticized
Opinion -A regulation in President Obama’s health care law will change the frequency of deliveries from pharmacies that dispense brand-name drugs to long-term-care facilities, such as nursing homes. -
Revolutionary Changes to NHS Moving Forward in UK
Opinion -Great Britain’s National Health Service is preparing to apply the first dramatic reforms to the program in decades, moving it toward a more consumer-focused system under Tory Prime Minister David Cameron’s Health and Social Care Bill. -
Republican Governors Make Choices on Exchanges
Opinion -One of the key requirements under President Obama’s health care law is that each state set up a functioning health insurance exchange by 2013. -
Idaho Legislature Explores Nullifying ObamaCare
Opinion -Opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or ObamaCare, are trying many options to defeat its implementation, and a handful of Idaho legislators are hoping their state will blaze a new path: State nullification of the health -
Solutions for the Ten Structural Flaws of Obamacare
Opinion -There’s no question the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) must be repealed. -
HHS Waivers Incite Controversy
Opinion -As the Department of Health and Human Services proceeds with implementation of President Obama’s health care law, the granting of hundreds of waivers from the law has become a controversial issue. -
Analysis: Mandatory Phone Books in the ‘Harrison Bergeron’ State
Opinion -If you have an old landline telephone in Michigan, one of many outdated regulations requires the phone company to print and deliver a “white pages” directory to your house. -
Governors Demand Expedited Review, Flexibility From Administration
Opinion -As governors across the nation continue to determine how to respond to the demands of President Obama's health care law in the wake of two court decisions in Florida and Virginia which found it unconstitutional, 27 Republican governors have requested the -
Heartland Institute Announces Plan to Erase Florida’s Budget Gap
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Heartland Institute today unveiled a plan to erase Florida’s $3 billion budget gap.
