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How to Win on Health Care Messaging – Commentary
Publication -In almost all recent polling, voters say health care is their number one concern. Voters also trust Democrats more than Republicans on the issue. But why? Obamacare is the most flawed health system Americans ever created. If you combine the average premium and the average deductible people faced last year, a family of four with Obamacare insurance had to spend […] -
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Health Care Takes a Back Seat on the Campaign Trail
Publication -Grace-Marie Turner, president and founder of the Galen Institute, is one of the nation’s leading voices on health care reform. Turner has been the force behind the Health Policy Consensus Group, a forum where some of the best minds in health care policy discuss possible solutions. Many of these ideas came together in Health Care […] -
Research and Commentary: New Jersey Senate Attempts to Dismantle Big Tech’s Hold on Free Speech
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A bill that would protect free speech on social media platforms is currently in the New Jersey State Senate. NJ Senate Bill 1336 establishes requirements for social media websites concerning content moderation practices and establishes a private cause of action against social media websites for violations of said content moderation practices. SB 1336 attempts to address issues […] -
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Direct Primary Care: If You Build It, They Will Come – Interview
Publication -Photo, May 2022, CHC Newaygo Surgical Center Grand Opening Seven years after first opening its doors, Christian Health Care Centers (CHC), based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will open its third direct primary care practice (DPC) in the spring of 2025, bringing its capacity to about 4,400 patients. Founder Mark Blocher talked to Health Care News […] -
Research and Commentary: New Jersey Proposes a New Approach to Conquering Big Tech Censorship
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A bill that protects elected officials and candidates on social media is currently in the New Jersey Assembly. NJ Assembly Bill 180 contends that a social media website shall not willfully or selectively suspend a candidate who is a known candidate for political office. Beginning on the date that the candidate declares an intent to seek election […] -
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Actor’s Death Raises Alarm about Off-Label Use of Anesthetic
Publication -A federal court has indicted and charged five individuals for contributing to the death of actor Matthew Perry by providing him with the anesthetic ketamine. On October 28, 2023, Perry was found floating face-down in his hot tub. An autopsy later revealed his death had been caused by “acute effects of ketamine.” Perry, a star […] -
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Influenza Could Be the Next Public Emergency, HHS States
Publication -Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra issued a notice stating the agency has the authority to declare a public emergency over influenza type A viruses and those influenza A viruses with “pandemic potential.” The notice, issued on July 24, states if a national emergency resulting from this broad class of viruses is […] -
Research and Commentary: ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’ Introduced in New Jersey Assembly
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A bill that would protect free speech on social media platforms is currently under consideration in the New Jersey State Assembly. NJ Assembly Bill 408, also known as the “Stop Social Media Censorship Act,” would create a private right of action for social media website users whose content has been deleted or censored based on their political […] -
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States Can Take Nine Steps to Improve Health Care
Publication -The Heartland Institute, which co-publishes Health Care News, published an updated version of its American Health Care Plan (AHCP) in September that identifies steps states can take now to improve health care costs, access, and quality instead of waiting for Washington, DC to act. The 2024 edition, “American Health Care Plan: State Solutions,” includes nine […] -
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Medicare Price Hike Becomes a Headache for Biden-Harris Administration
Publication -The pending announcement that seniors enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage plans will have to pay substantially higher monthly premiums has the White House scrambling to shield the cost ahead of November’s presidential election. The price hikes will be posted in late September and are expected to triple by 2025. To cushion […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Shows Oil & Gas Industries’ Emissions Continue to Fall as Production Increases
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The recently released annual report from The Environmental Partnership (TEP), a voluntary collective of oil and gas companies “committed to continuously improving the industry’s environmental performance,” details the serious progress the industry has made in emissions reductions, especially in reducing flare intensity. TEP describes its mission as “to continuously improve the industry’s environmental performance by […] -
Research & Commentary: Despite Naysayers’ Warnings, Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account Program Was Under Budget for 2024
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Arizona Department of Education (ADOE) has released data showing state education funding has come in under budget, which should dispel claims that the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program, a universal education savings account program open to all Arizona children, would blow open the state’s education spending. According to ADOE, Basic State Aid payments […] -
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Biden’s Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Hit with Lawsuit
Publication -A Biden administration rule setting minimum staffing levels at nursing homes has been hit with a lawsuit. Biden’s regulation could require 80 percent of the 15,000 nursing homes certified for Medicare and Medicaid long-term care in the United States to hire more workers. The industry is fighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […] -
Research & Commentary: New Report Details Environmental and Human Rights Problems of ‘Green’ Energy and Electric Vehicles
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report from the American Consumer Institute (ACI) details, for all their touting as “green” sources of energy, wind and solar powered electricity generation is much more environmentally harmful than most people realize. The report, Clearing the Air: Honest Truths about Clean Energy, details the environmental hazards during the production processes of these green […] -
The 2024 American Health Care Plan: State Solutions
Publication -Policy Studies -In this paper, The Heartland Institute outlines reforms from which all states could benefit, several of which some states have already begun to implement. -
Research & Commentary: New Survey Shows Education Choice Still Incredibly Popular, But Parent Awareness of Available Programs Is Lacking
Publication -Research and Commentaries -EdChoice recently released the results of their 12th annual Schooling in America survey, a “nationally representative survey of the general public and parents of school-age children [which] offers an in-depth look at the opinions and trends shaping K–12 education in America.” The survey, in partnership with Braun Research, was fielded across April 2024 and “obtained […] -
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Optometrists Go After Online Vision Tests
Publication -Online eye examinations are currently allowed in 37 states, but some of those states are moving toward limiting or banning them under pressure from optometric associations. For instance, under heavy pressure from the Kentucky Optometric Association (KOA), the state attorney general (AG) alleged that online, eyeglass retailer Warby Parker violated the state’s KOA-backed Consumer Protection […] -
Utah Republican Leadership Pushes Climate Alarmism
Publication -Many of Utah’s leading Republican politicians have defied conservative voters and bought into Al Gore’s and the Biden-Harris administration’s climate alarmism. In doing so, they have promoted policies that will increase Utah energy prices while limiting consumers’ energy choices. The state of Utah is experiencing no net harm from purported human-caused climate change. Despite this […] -
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Texas Squares Off with CMS over Medicaid Funding
Publication -Texas and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are locking horns over what Lone Star State officials say is CMS’s double standard when it comes to states that have not participated in Medicaid expansion. Along with Florida and Missouri, Texas was targeted by CMS last year for audits and other enforcement actions as […] -
Expanding School Choice Benefits All Students
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Over the past decade and particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of American families have become dissatisfied with government-run public schools and desire robust school choice options. During the pandemic, most public schools, at the behest of teacher unions, decided to close their doors for in-person learning. Meanwhile, private and parochial schools generally […] -
Election-Related Deepfakes: Understanding the Threat and Exploring Potential Solutions
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Election-related deepfakes involving audio, photo, and video manipulations have become a significant concern in the digital age. Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to create convincing but false representations of individuals, making them appear to say or do things they never said or did. These manipulations pose significant threats to the integrity of public debate and […] -
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The Latest Surprise Charge on Medical Bills—Facility Fees – Commentary
Publication -“Surprise, surprise, surprise!”—as Gomer Pyle was fond of saying. There’s yet another surprise medical bill scam that most patients probably do not know about. It is hospital-affiliated urgent care centers that are billed as hospital outpatient departments. I often tell the story of the time my wife almost got a CT scan at a hospital […] -
Research & Commentary: New Report Sheds Light on Climate Activist Group’s Shady Influencing of American Court System Against Energy Providers
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The American Energy Institute (AEI) has released a new report detailing how the Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) at the Environmental Law Institute is “influencing the courts and destroying the rule of law to promote questionable climate science.” The Climate Judiciary Project’s stated goal is to “provide neutral, objective information to the judiciary about the science […] -
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FDA Hid COVID Shot Side Effects—Congressional Report
Publication -A congressional investigation has found evidence the Biden administration pressured drug regulators to cut corners in authorizing COVID-19 shots and boosters. An interim staff report by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust concluded the Biden administration “pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to go beyond its […]