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National Summit, Web Site Support Nutrition Initiatives for Kids
Opinion -Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), an organization that promotes health and good nutrition for children, launched a new Web site to coincide with this month's Healthy Schools Summit. -
Bills Send Social Security Surplus to Private Accounts
Opinion -A movement to allow workers to put a portion of their payroll tax dollars into an account they own and could pass on to heirs is taking hold in Washington, DC as bills have been introduced in Congress to implement such a plan. -
Brownback Generates Welcome Stir over Expanding DC Voucher Program
Opinion -Refreshing breezes are difficult to come by on Capitol Hill in midsummer, but Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) created an invigorating stir in late June when he broached the idea of expanding the federally funded Washington, DC school voucher experiment. -
Commentary: HSAs Gaining Popularity, Can Be Better
Opinion -Proponents of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) predicted they would revolutionize the health marketplace. Now, less than two years after becoming law, more than a million people own HSAs. -
Commentary: States’ Preferred Drug Lists Causing Patients Unnecessary Distress, Pain
Opinion -In early August, the Utah legislature's Executive Appropriations Committee declined to institute a Preferred Drug List policy that would require Medicaid recipients to use drugs on a discount list or go through a prior authorization process. -
Drug Industry Sets Advertising Guidelines
Opinion -The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) announced in August a new set of guidelines for direct-to-consumer advertising in the pharmaceutical industry. -
EDVentures Highlights Need for Supplemental Services
Opinion -More than 300 education entrepreneurs from across the country gathered in Baltimore in late July for the 15th annual EDVentures conference, convened by the Education Industry Association (EIA), to discuss standards for excellence and how the No Child -
For-Profit Arizona Charters Lose Federal Funds
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Government Unions Spend Lavishly on Politics
Opinion -Government employee unions put much more time, money, and effort into politics than do their private-sector counterparts. One simple measure of this is in the public action committee (PAC) reports unions file with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). -
How to Reduce the Risk of Nutritional Diseases
Opinion -The United States is experiencing an epidemic of diseases related to poor nutrition. Rates of heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes, and obesity are all rising rapidly. -
In the News
Opinion -99% of Libraries Offer Free Internet Free high-speed Internet connections are available in almost 99 percent of U.S. -
‘Living Wage’ Laws Don’t Help Low-Income Families
Opinion -In July, Sonoma, California passed an ordinance requiring certain employers to pay $11.70 an hour with health benefits or $13.20 without health benefits, indexed to the consumer price index. -
Minnesota Lawmaker Is ‘Hero of the Taxpayer’
Opinion -For standing up for taxpayers in a hard-fought budget battle, Minnesota State Rep. Phil Krinkie (R-Lino Lakes) was named "Hero of the Taxpayer" by Americans for Tax Reform, a national taxpayer advocacy group in Washington, DC. -
Ohio Spending Cap Delayed Until 2006 Ballot
Opinion -A referendum for a constitutional amendment to cap state and local government spending that appeared headed for the November 8 ballot in Ohio has been held until the 2006 general election. -
Proposed Single-Payer Plan Sends California Down Canadian Trail
Opinion -California State Sen. Sheila Kuehl's (D-Santa Monica) health care bill (SB 840), which aims to have state government employees run California's entire health care system, passed the State Senate in May and is expected to pass the Assembly later this year. -
Ten Commandments for Budget Health
Opinion -Economics professor Richard Vedder of Ohio University compiled in 2002 a top 10 list of commandments for moderate state tax revenue growth and healthy state budgets. -
Heartland Institute Releases Emerging Issues 2005
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL August 2005 -- The Heartland Institute has released Emerging Issues 2005, a 107-page paperback book featuring the edited proceedings of Heartland’s first annual Emerging Issues Forum. -
Heartland Institute, Ball State University Release Reforming the Health Care System
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL August 2005 -- The Heartland Institute and Miller College of Business at Ball State University have released Reforming the Health Care System, a 38-page paperback book featuring a debate between Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D. -
Heartland Statement on AHIP Report on Individual Insurance
Opinion -"In the current economic environment, with many firms 'right-sizing' their workforces and outsourcing jobs, more and more self-employed and individual consumers are coming into the individual market. -
Two Reasons for Black Anger
Opinion -Dear Editor: Columnist Mary Mitchell is right to be outraged by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals equating the mistreatment of animals to slavery, and African Americans to elephants ["Unable to learn its lesson, PETA goes off the deep end," -
Country Singer Targeted by Tobacco Nannies
Opinion -Tennessee government officials have made country singer Gretchen Wilson the latest target of their anti-tobacco zealotry. -
How Energy Bill Sets Stage for a Lawyers’ Bonanza
Opinion -published August 5, 2005 by the Mobile (Alabama) Register WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congress, someone once noted, is the theatre of compromise, the politics of persuasion and the art of kabuki all played out in glorious settings on Capitol Hill. -
Comment on Illinois Supreme Court Ruling in State Farm Class Action
Opinion -(August 19, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) On Thursday, August 18, in a unanimous ruling, the Illinois state supreme court reversed a $1.06 billion judgment against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. -
Comment on Passage of Telecom and Franchise Fee Reform (SB 5) in Texas
Opinion -(August 12, 2005 -- Chicago, IL) On August 10, the Texas House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing telecommunications companies to obtain a statewide franchise to offer video service.
