Publications
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Research & Commentary: Reimbursement Flaws in Medicaid and the ACA
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fewer doctors are accepting new Medicaid patients today, in part due to low reimbursement rates and a large increase in Medicaid enrollment caused by states expanding Medicaid in response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) promise of additional federal -
Research & Commentary: Right to Work in Kentucky
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Implemented in 1947, the Taft-Harley Act (THA), Section 14(b), allows states to adopt right-to-work laws. -
The Leaflet: The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
Publication -The Leaflet -The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom ActLast week, the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), which would make permanent the current moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and on -
Research & Commentary: Car Rental Taxes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Tourism taxes have become increasingly popular with city and state governments as a source of new revenue. -
Research & Commentary: Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In August 2007, the Illinois General Assembly enacted legislation creating a Renewable Portfolio Standard. The statute requires Ameren and ComEd to acquire 25 percent of their electricity generation from qualified renewable sources by 2026. -
Research & Commentary: Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In August 2007, the Illinois General Assembly enacted legislation creating a Renewable Portfolio Standard. The statute requires Ameren and ComEd to acquire 25 percent of their electricity generation from qualified renewable sources by 2026. -
Testimony to the San Diego Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee
Publication -Testimony -On June 18, 2014, Heartland Senior Fellow, Gregory Conley, testified to the San Diego Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee. -
Research & Commentary: The Grow America Proposal
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Obama Administration recently proposed a $302 billion transportation funding plan, the Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America (GROW AMERICA) -
Research & Commentary: The Cost of Failed Health Insurance Exchanges
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) states were allowed to choose between creating their own health insurance exchanges and joining a federal exchange. -
The Leaflet: Oklahoma Repeals and Replaces Common Core
Publication -The Leaflet -Oklahoma Repeals and Replaces Common CoreLast week Oklahoma joined Indiana and South Carolina as the third state to repeal the Common Core State Standards. -
Research & Commentary: Zero-Subsidy Energy Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Compared to other areas of the economy, the U.S. energy sector (except for the electricity industry) historically has been lightly regulated and relatively free. -
Research & Commentary: Right to Work Policies
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The National Labor Relations Act of 1937 (Wagner Act, or NLRA) fundamentally altered the relationship between employers and employees in the United States. -
Research & Commentary: The Clean Air Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, a law that granted authority to the federal government to control air pollution across the nation. -
Statement to the Environment and Public Works Committee of the United States Senate
Publication -Testimony -On June 3, 2014, Climatologist David Legates testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the subject of climate change. -
Research & Commentary: “Right to Try” Experimental Drug Laws
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The current process for pharmaceutical firms seeking Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for new medications is long and arduous. -
Research & Commentary: Endocrine Disruptors
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Like all other multicellular organisms, human beings have endocrine systems. -
Rewards: How to Use Rewards to Help Children Learn – and Why Teachers Don’t Use Them Well
Publication -Books -Learning is easier and faster when properly designed incentive systems are used. Unfortunately, denying the effectiveness of incentives in K-12 education is a foundational idea of progressive educational philosophy and practice. -
Research & Commentary: The FCC’s Title II Proposal
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Federal Communications Commission in May voted 3-2 to advance new Internet rules addressing two major policies: The first bans broadband providers from blocking or slowing down Web sites, but allows them to strike deals with content companies for -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Should Require Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows states to expand Medicaid to cover individuals making up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. -
Research & Commentary: Rideshare Regulation in Illinois and Chicago
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Over the past several years, the popularity of “transportation network providers” (rideshare) has grown exponentially across the country. -
Research & Commentary: FCC Plan to Block State Limits on Muni Broadband
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Municipal broadband efforts have failed in nearly every place they have been implemented, costing taxpayers millions while tackling a nonexistent problem. -
Research & Commentary: FCC Plan to Block State Limits on Muni Broadband
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Municipal broadband efforts have failed in nearly every place they have been implemented, costing taxpayers millions while tackling a nonexistent problem. -
Research & Commentary: Ohio Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Ohio Senate took a small but important first step for electricity consumers by voting to freeze the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, also known as a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). -
Research & Commentary: State Waivers from EPA Regulation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The federal environmental regulatory system is broken. Thousands of pages of flawed environmental rules and regulations exist, with no reasonable chance they’ll ever be reformed given the entrenched special interests that benefit from them.