Opinion
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Louisiana Lawmakers Seek to Crack Down on Medicaid Fraud after Audit Shows Enrollment Abuse
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Louisiana lawmakers are pushing forward several bills in response to an audit of the state’s Medicaid program which resulted in the removal of 30,000 people from rolls because they earned too much money. -
Illinois Senate Passes Progressive Income Tax (Hike) Amendment
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A proposed constitutional amendment that would remove the requirement for a flat income tax structure from the state’s constitution. -
Debt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
Opinion -It seems that every generation or two, fundamental economic ideas are questioned and challenged. -
Proposed Texas High-Speed Rail Project Faces Legislative Opposition
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A privately financed, high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas -
California Becomes First State to Provide Free Health Care to Adults in the U.S. Illegally
Opinion -health-care-news, News -California will become the first state in the nation to offer full-scale Medicaid benefits to low-income adults regardless of U.S. citizenship, under a new budget deal inked on June 9. -
AOC and Bernie Jump the Shark with Loan Shark Prevention Act
Opinion -Editorial -Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently introduced the Loan Shark Prevention Act, which they claim will end the plague of unfettered, unscrupulous usury in the United States. -
Texas Lawmakers Looking to Cut Taxes Should Control Spending First
Opinion -Editorial -Cutting taxes — as opposed to restraining the growth in future tax increases or swapping a reduction in property taxes for an increase in the state sales tax — appears to be a nearly insurmountable obstacle. -
Michigan Governor Proposes Raising Gas Tax to Nation’s Highest
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Whitmer proposes to raise the gas tax from 26 cents per gallon to 71 cents per gallon. -
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Heartland Weekly: Leadership Changes at The Heartland Institute
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Utah ‘Clean Slate’ Law Will Expunge Convictions for Nonviolent Offenses
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Measure passed unanimously by state legislature automates the process of expunging criminal records. -
Ohio Plans Medicaid Work Requirements as Trump Administration Appeals Ruling
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Trump administration is appealing rulings by a federal court that have blocked the implementation of Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and found a similar program already in place in Arkansas violates federal law. -
Medicaid Expansion in Kansas Averted
Opinion -News -The Kansas State Legislature adjourned for the year after deciding not to expand Medicaid coverage to as many as 150,000 additional residents in the state. -
Analysis: Comparison of U.S., Canadian Systems Shows Single-Payer Is a Bad Deal
Opinion -Editorial -Widespread reports this spring that elderly patients in the United Kingdom were facing significant delays getting routine cataract operations coincided with the news that British rock music legend Mick Jagger -
Commentary: Central Planning Destroys Health Care Innovation
Opinion -Editorial -Direct primary care (DPC) doctors have found ways to improve health care access, include telemedicine, and offer deeply discounted rates on medications, labs, and imaging for a low-cost monthly membership, similar in design and value to Costco. -
North Carolina Senate Rejects Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -News -A rarely used state Senate rule and growing concerns over the potential cost of providing health care to tens of thousands of additional low-income residents in North Carolina stymied efforts to enact Medicaid expansion in this year’s legislative session. -
Tennessee Passes Education Savings Account Legislation
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation establishing an education savings account program supported by Gov. Bill Lee. -
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Heartland Weekly: The Biggest Lesson from ‘Game of Thrones’
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of May 20, 2019 -
New Book Presents Solutions for Financially Insolvent Entitlement Programs
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Provides straightforward explanations and direct, simple solutions to the nation’s entitlements crisis. -
Colorado Eliminates Bail for Petty Crimes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Colorado has enacted a law eliminating pretrial bail for cases involving minor offenses. -
Make Those Nasty Drivers Pay!
Opinion -Editorial -Louisiana Senator Russell Long famously explained how most people feel about taxes: “Don’t tax you; don’t tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree.” -
Heartland Weekly: Free To Choose Medicine Offers Hope for Patients
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Oklahoma Seeks Medicaid Audit
Opinion -News -Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt requested an audit of the state’s Medicaid program to determine whether enrollees meet federal eligibility requirements. -
Trump Administration Proposes Major Cuts in Federal Science Programs
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Setting up what is certain to be a bruising showdown with Congress over Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 spending, President Donald Trump’s budget proposal recommends significant funding reductions in science programs at a slew of federal agencies. -
Should We Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%?
Opinion -Editorial -Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez have proposed capping credit card interest rates at 15%