Opinion
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Consumer Choice Matters: HSAs and Some Devilish Details
Opinion -Some readers will find the discussion below tedious, and I apologize for that. We’ll get back to fun stuff next month ... but how well Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) work will depend on how the IRS regulations shake out. -
Destroying Insurance Markets: Introduction to a Series
Opinion -During the early 1990s, state legislators and insurance regulators faced growing public concern over two health insurance problems. -
Drug Importation Remains Illegal
Opinion -The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, signed by President George W. Bush in December, contains language allowing prescription drug importation from Canada ... -
Economist David Ricardo on Taxes
Opinion -David Ricardo, born in 1772, became interested in economics at the age of 27 after a chance reading of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations (1776). -
Enlow Named Executive Director of Friedman Foundation
Opinion -Robert C. Enlow, executive vice president for programs and development for the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation Inc., has been named executive director of the foundation. -
Envirotruth Online Petition Urges Russia to Reject Kyoto
Opinion -Envirotruth, sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research, is circulating an online petition urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to reject the Kyoto Protocol. -
Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Importation
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: On October 23, 2003, The Heartland Institute hosted a National Symposium on Drug Importation featuring elected officials from Illinois and policy experts from Canada and major U.S. think tanks. -
Everybody Wants to Rule the Web
Opinion -There’s mounting evidence that the Internet’s good old days as a global cyberzone of freedom--where governments generally take a “hands off” approach--may be numbered. -
Excerpts from Danish Committee Vindicate Lomborg
Opinion -In January 2003, the a “Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty” (DCSD) gained worldwide media attention for alleging author Björn Lomborg was guilty of intellectual dishonesty in his book, The Skeptical Environmentalist. -
FDA: Cost of Enforcement Would Exceed Benefits of Importation
Opinion -As millions of Americans turn to Canada and even borderless Internet drug stores for less-expensive medicines, the FDA’s pharmacy affairs director, Tom McGinnis, said it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to set up a legal, safe program to -
Federal Judge Bans Snowmobiles from Yellowstone
Opinion -A federal district judge in Washington DC has thrown out a National Park Service (NPS) rule and ordered a permanent ban on snowmobiles from Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. -
Glacier National Park Ruling Voids Property Rights
Opinion -Jack McFarland owns property, which he bought from his grandmother, in Glacier National Park. -
Growing Economy Aids State Budgets
Opinion -Year-end 2003 economic reports suggested the U.S. economy is on the road to recovery. -
Information Technology, Competition, and the American Dream
Opinion -At the FCC, we embrace the vision of tomorrow that gives individuals the freedom to be in control. As our economy briskly recovers, we are poised for a golden age of information technology. -
Lessons from the Flu Vaccine Shortage
Opinion -Every year, influenza--“the flu”--invades the U.S., striking the elderly and the ill especially hard. Every year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tries to determine in advance which strain of influenza is most likely to afflict the U.S. -
Mental Health Parity on 2004 Agenda
Opinion -Senator Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, and Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) are drafting compromise mental health parity legislation for consideration by the committee in early 2004. -
Montana Voters Favor Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Recovery
Opinion -A majority of Montana voters favor increased production of oil and natural gas in the Rocky Mountains, according to a December poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. -
New Study Confirms Dramatic Urban Heat Island Effect
Opinion -A new study presented to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) documents that the concentration of concrete, large buildings, and other human activities artificially raises urban temperatures in such cities as Atlanta and Houston by an average of 10 -
Nuclear Energy in the World Today
Opinion -In addition to the good financial news for nuclear energy, presented in Part 1 of this series, there is a great deal of exciting environmental news.Detroit EdisonAt Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 Power Plant, environmentalism is for the birds ... -
On the Frontier: Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights
Opinion -Colorado is often cited as the state with the most stringent tax and expenditure limit (TEL) in the country. State elected officials nationwide can learn from how Colorado got its TEL and how it is attempting to cope with recent challenges. -
Report: TennCare ‘Not Financially Viable’
Opinion -A management consulting firm hired to evaluate the financial viability of TennCare, the state’s troubled Medicaid program, issued the first of a two-part report on December 11. The prognosis was bleak. -
Responding to Critics of HSAs
Opinion -Myth: Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) will not be popular. Response: HSAs will revolutionize the U.S. health care and health insurance industries. -
Return of the ‘Seven Dirty Words’ Indecency Standard?
Opinion -Nothing brings out the puritanical streak in American politicians more than the utterance of a few dirty words on TV or radio. -
Rx Discount Cards Could Pave Way for Future Reform
Opinion -The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 creates a new Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program.
