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Where to Draw the Line on Outrageous Health Care Prices – Commentary
Publication -I often write about high prices in health care. Some gene therapy drugs cost more than $1 million for a one-time treatment. The latest oncology drugs are especially expensive. Danyelza (for neuroblastoma) and Kimmtrak (uveal melanoma) cost $1.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The average annual cost of a new cancer drug is more than $250,000. […] -
New Paper by The Heartland Institute Dissects How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Threaten Property Rights
Opinion -Press Release -Capturing and storing carbon dioxide is also a massive waste of resources and causes other harms. -
Research & Commentary: Wyoming Legislation Would Combat ESG and Ensure Cowboy State Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Wyoming House of Representatives would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism […] -
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Spending, Not Coverage, Is Biggest Problem in Health Care – Commentary
Publication -By Douglas Holtz-Eakin Roughly a decade ago, on October 1, 2013, the ignominious launch of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) healthcare.gov website signaled the end of an era. The years leading up to the passage of the ACA featured two pressing national health policy issues: covering more (or all) Americans with health insurance, and the […] -
The Heartland Institute Applauds President Trump’s Executive Orders on Climate and Energy Policy
Opinion -With a flurry of signatures, Trump wiped out every vestige of his predecessor’s policies. -
Carbon Capture & Property Rights: There Is No Justification for Using Carbon Capture and Storage Projects to Abrogate Property Rights
Publication -Policy Studies -Carbon capture and storage projects pose an immense threat to private property rights, among other significant problems. CCS can and should be opposed at both the state and federal levels of government. -
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States Differ in Responses to 340B Program Abuse
Publication -Widespread and longstanding abuse of a federal program designed to provide prescription drugs to low-income patients has prompted lawmakers in Minnesota and Michigan to try to rein in the 340B program in the absence of significant reforms by the federal government. Minnesota recently enacted a law requiring covered entities to begin providing annual reports with […] -
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Report: Hospital Executives Are Getting Paid Millions of Dollars a Year
Publication -Crain’s Detroit Business published a list of the 25 highest-paid hospital executives in Michigan, and all received compensation in seven figures, based on data from 2022. Philip Incarnati of McLaren Health Care topped the list at $10,783,705 a year, a 9 percent increase in 2022, which happened at the tail end of the COVID-19 restrictions […] -
Sodom and Gomorrah, California: America Previews the Wages of Arrogance and Incompetence
Opinion -During these past few days, our nation has had a dramatic preview of a community that has entrusted its civic institutions for way too long to arrogant, incompetent ideologues who failed to provide the needed services to protect its citizens. Residents of Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah were punished for their evil ways; voters in the […] -
Research & Commentary: Educational Empowerment Accounts Would Transform Public Education in South Dakota for the Better
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation recently introduced in the South Dakota House of Representatives would establish an “educational empowerment account,” a type of education savings account (ESA) program, in the Mount Rushmore State. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks, educational therapies, online courses, computer software, and […] -
The Sandstorm: New Year’s Cheers
Opinion -I recently reported on many of the dreadful happenings in the education realm as we kick off the new year, but there have also been some promising turns. -
Climate Change Weekly #531 – Suggestions for the New Executive Agency Heads
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
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There is a Way to Avoid Paying for Other People’s Health Care – Interview
Publication -As health care spending soars (see page 20) and health insurers increasingly delay or deny claims (see pages 7, 17), consumers are retreating to indemnity-style insurance protection, which pays a cash benefit for adverse health events. Indemnity-style health insurance is a feature of Plan for America (PFA,) a voluntary private savings proposal designed to rescue […] -
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Consumers Seek Solutions to Health Insurance Shortcomings
Publication -Consumers are looking for ways to safeguard themselves financially in the event of a catastrophic illness or injury when health insurance runs out or an insurer denies coverage. Insurance denials are up, according to recent reports, and this year new limitations on short-term, limited-duration health insurance (STLDI) policies go into effect. The use of supplemental […] -
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Why are So Many People Angry at Health Insurers? – Commentary
Publication -The public reaction to the fatal shooting of health insurer UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been nothing short of shocking. A post on X wishing that the killer would never be caught racked up 95,000 likes. UnitedHealthcare’s own bereavement message online was cruelly mocked by 77,000 laughing responses. What causes that kind of reaction? Before delving into what’s wrong […] -
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Health Insurers Denying, Delaying More Claims
Publication -The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 3 focused national attention on the denial of coverage claims by health insurers, purportedly a motive for the killing. After Thompson’s death, patients and doctors aired their personal stories on social media, while others posted vitriolic comments about insurers, and Thompson’s alleged assassin became a media […] -
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What Health Insurance Should Be, But Isn’t – Commentary
Publication -By William M. Briggs Now that a health insurance guy has been whacked by an assassin, it’s useful to review why health insurance is such a mess now. Here is an expanded version of a thread I did on Twitter—which is all a repeat of (ignored) arguments I made back when Obamacare was being discussed. […] -
The Sandstorm: New Year’s Jeers
Opinion -As 2025 kicks off, there is no end to the bad news in the public education sector. -
Climate Change Weekly #530 – Are Net Zero’s Days Numbered?—Heartland Comes to Europe
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
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Increasing Number of Parents Waive Vaccines for Children
Publication -An increasing number of parents are foregoing vaccinations for their children, citing distrust of drug producers, distributors, and health care providers, while health care organizations point the finger at misinformation. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a decline in vaccination rates in more than 30 states in the 2023-2024 school […] -
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Is Vaccine Hesitancy Causing a Surge in Infectious Diseases?
Publication -An uptick in mentions of measles in 2024 online discussions and forums shows many people are wondering whether vaccine hesitancy contributes to recent increases in the incidence of the disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 284 cases of measles were reported in 32 states and the District of Columbia in […] -
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Congress Failed to Fix Price Transparency in Lame Duck Session
Publication -The Lower Cost, More Transparency Act (LCMTA) and the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0 (HCPTA 2.0) will have to be reintroduced in 2025 in the wake of the GOP winning control of the White House and Senate and keeping its slim majority in the House. Two bipartisan health care bills failed to gain traction […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Details the Costs, Limitations, and Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report from the Institute for Energy Research (IER) details the costs of electric vehicles (EVs), the limitations to electric vehicle adoption, and the myths surrounding electric vehicle policy. In When Government Chooses Your Car, IER finds that the average price of EVs is 42 percent higher than traditional, internal combustion engine-powered (ICE) vehicles. […] -
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Feds Demand Personal Information from Medical Practices, Others
Publication -New financial disclosure requirements that would sweep in many medical professionals were temporarily put on hold under an order from a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Biden administration rule required an estimated 33 million small businesses, including some nonprofit entities, to report personally identifying information about their “beneficial ownership or interest” by […]
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