Opinion
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Mass. Governor Offers Insurance Reform Plan
Opinion -In an effort, he said, to expand access to affordable health insurance, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has developed a reform plan that requires all residents of the state to have health insurance or possess the means to provide for their own care. -
NEA Opposes Proposed Katrina Relief Plan for Schoolchildren
Opinion -Among its other devastating effects, Hurricane Katrina ripped 372,000 children in Gulf Coast states from the public, private, and parochial schools they were attending. -
No Parent Left Behind
Opinion -It might just be an urban legend, but an e-mail purporting to be compiled from notes written by real parents in a real Tennessee school district implies we're long overdue for some real improvements in education. Spelling and punctuation been left intact. -
Report Reveals Hidden Costs of Iowa Muni Broadband
Opinion -Three of Iowa’s oldest municipal broadband systems continue to struggle to cover their costs years after they were predicted to be operating in the black, according to new report from The Heartland Institute. -
Russians Debunk Permafrost Scam
Opinion -Russia's leading scientists have debunked false claims by environmental activist groups and left-leaning media groups that global climate change is causing significant warming of the Siberian permafrost and resulting in a large-scale release of potent -
School Choice Academy Spurs Legislative Interest
Opinion -The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) hosted 52 state legislators from 24 states at its first School Choice Academy in Philadelphia the weekend of September 16-17. The conference, sponsored by the Milton & Rose D. -
School Choice Advocates Optimistic About Roberts
Opinion -On October 3, the Supreme Court of the United States began its 2005-2006 term, and newly confirmed Chief Justice John Roberts began what could be a long tenure presiding over the highest court in the land. -
Consumer Power Report #6
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #4-8
Opinion -Special Hurricane Katrina Edition Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly readers will be dismayed--but not surprised--to learn plaintiffs' lawyers are following close on the heels of rescue workers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. -
Consumer Power Report #5
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
Heartland Institute Replies to Comments by Cedar Falls Utilities on Rizzuto Research
Opinion -On September 20, 2005, The Heartland Institute published a policy study by Dr. Ronald Rizzuto, professor of finance at the University of Denver, titled Iowa Municipal Communications Systems: The Financial Track Record. -
Support Vouchers
Opinion -CHICAGO--Don Wycliff’s cautious endorsement of school vouchers (“If we really cared about educating kids, school vouchers could be the key to their salvation,” Commentary, Sept. 28) was right on target. -
Consumer Power Report #4
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
Google Crashes the Muni Wi-Fi Party
Opinion -Thanks to Google, instead of saying "build it and they will come," smart cities are now saying "let's get out of the way and let them come. -
Are We Being Taxed to Death?
Opinion -Governments in the U.S. take approximately 40 percent of the country's total income in taxes. In other words, nearly half of all the income generated each year is sent to governments to spend. -
Consumer Power Report #3
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
Competition Would Improve U.S. Education
Opinion -Dear Editor: The Daily Herald hit a triple with its September 14 editorial about the continuing slippage of U.S. students in international performance rankings: First, the present system is not delivering quality education to all students. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #4-7
Opinion -This is How We Reward Heroes in America A Connecticut woman who almost died when a car driven by her son-in-law crashed through a chain-link fence and plunged into the Connecticut River is suing the town of Old Saybrook, whose policemen and other -
Neutral Networks: A False Solution for a Phantom Threat
Opinion -There have been some heated statements in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Assn., et al. v. -
Insurer Lists Ohio Physician Fees Online
Opinion -Connecticut-based health insurer Aetna has made available online to its policyholders information on the prices it has negotiated with in-network doctors in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. -
South Carolina Plans Tailored Medicaid
Opinion -In June, the state of South Carolina requested permission from the U.S. -
FDA Approves New Vaccine in Time for Flu Season
Opinion -In a major step toward increasing the supply of flu vaccine in the United States, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced August 31 that the U.S. -
Individual Health Insurance Is Accessible, Affordable, Study Finds
Opinion -On August 29, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) issued the findings of a comprehensive survey of companies doing business in the individual health insurance market. -
Nurse Practitioners Offer Effective, Low-Cost Care
Opinion -Health care reform is one of the most significant public policy issues facing the United States. The debate frequently focuses on government policy and programs, often to the exclusion of non-government solutions.
