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Consumer Power Report #46
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 -
Consumer Power Report #45
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 -
Limited Government Activists to Meet in Chicago on August 17th, 18th & 19th
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 14, 2006) If you thought it was impossible to find activists in Chicago dedicated to limiting the size and scope of government, you should try again this weekend. -
AT&T-BellSouth Merger Will Strengthen Competition
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your August 8 editorial, "PSC must exert its authority in BellSouth-AT&T buyout," gave an accurate-enough history of the AT&T divestiture until the point you wrote, "The old AT&T behemoth will have returned, and quite frankly, there isn't -
Don’t Blame Grocers
Opinion -Dear Editor: A recent article, "Early Deaths Tied to Lack of Grocery Stores," [July 18] left the impression that poor health in the black community was somehow a simple matter of "access" to grocery stores. -
Harm Reduction
Opinion -Dear Editor: Jane Levere's report on new smokeless tobacco products ["No Smoke, No Foul? -
Expert Comment: Contrary to Media Reports, New Study Does Not Undermine Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -Expert comment on "How Much More Cost Sharing Will Health Savings Accounts Brings? -
Carol Marin Hits Wrong Target
Opinion -Dear Editor: Carol Marin's column on political plumber Joe Novak ["Has 'Lo Blow Joe' gone goo-goo, is there more to story?"] unexpectedly detoured into baseless and ill-informed attacks on J. Patrick Rooney and Health Savings Accounts. -
Consumer Power Report #44
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 -
Retiring the Oil Rhetoric
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your editorial on "Oil's twilight" [August 6] sounded the alarm over declining oil reserves and raised the specter of "an apocalyptic post-petroleum world. -
HSAs Misrepresented
Opinion -Dear Editor: Dahlia Remler and Sherry Glied are respected researchers who have assessed who wins and who loses with Health Savings Accounts in their Health Affairs article, "How much more cost sharing will health savings accounts bring? -
Heartland Audio: Lisa Snell’s July 27 Talk Now Available Online
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 4, 2006) On July 27, 2006 Lisa Snell--director of education and child welfare at the California-based Reason Foundation--spoke at a luncheon event hosted by the Illinois School Choice Initiative about the pitfalls of universal -
We Need More than Consolidation
Opinion -Dear Editor: Kudos to the Chicago Tribune for encouraging lawmakers to consolidate or eliminate obscure and wasteful units of local government ["In a streamlining mood?" Aug. 4]. -
The Sky Isn’t Falling … Or Smogging
Opinion -Dear Editor: Regarding "Intense Heat Begets Intense Smog" (August 3), it is not surprising that environmental activists in the article warn of more frequent and severe smog under "global warming" even though, as the article correctly noted, the -
Title IX and Athletics: The Debate over Surveys, Quotas, and the Three-Part Test
Opinion -THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY’S CIVIL RIGHTS PRACTICE GROUP and CHICAGO LAWYERS CHAPTER PRESENT: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON: Title IX and Athletics: The Debate over Surveys, Quotas, and the Three-Part Test Title IX, enacted on June 23rd, 1972, -
Consolidated Government Won’t Lower Taxes
Opinion -Dear Editor: Consolidation of local governments to reduce taxes sounds good, but we need to remember that bigger government is not necessarily better government. Just look at state government. New Jersey has only one state government. -
Being Rich Is Not a Crime in this Country
Opinion -You opened your July 31 editorial ["For Rich, Tax Avoidance Gets Easier"] with, "If there is one tax cut that is precision-designed to benefit America's richest families, it is slashing the estate tax. -
Mercury Report Misleading
Opinion -Dear Editor: An item in your paper ["Dangers of Mercury Poisoning," July 25] left the wrong impression that mercury "pollution" is primarily the result of coal-burning power plants. -
Consumer Power Report #43
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 -
Disaster Aid at Work: Sex Change, Divorce, Caribbean Vacation, and More
Opinion -Why is anyone surprised? That's what some experts are asking in the wake of June revelations that victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 may have fraudulently spent $1. -
Backlash Brewing Against ‘Prevailing Wage’ Laws
Opinion -"Prevailing wage" laws that require state and local governments to pay union wages on public works projects are coming under increasing attack by taxpayers and courts. In April, Pennsylvania Gov. -
Coalition Lobbies for Eminent Domain Restrictions
Opinion -Frustrated by slow progress in the U.S. Senate on eminent domain reform, 53 national and state organizations have banded together to pressure the Senate to address the Supreme Court's June 2005 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London, Conn. -
Property Rights and Network Neutrality
Opinion -Assume you have just purchased a large piece of property you intend to use for agricultural and recreational purposes. -
Small Business Health Insurance Bill Fails
Opinion -A bill to allow small businesses to band together to purchase health insurance, S. 1955, did not reach the 60 votes needed to obtain cloture in the U.S. Senate in May. In a party-line vote, the measure garnered the support of just two Democrats--Sens.
