Publications
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Research & Commentary: State Medicaid Costs Associated with Opioid Use Disorder Tripled From 1999 to 2013
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Recent study by Penn State researchers examined costs to states' Medicaid programs in treating the opioid epidemic, finding these costs exceeded more than $3 billion in 2013. -
Policy Tip Sheet: States Should Expand Direct Primary Care to Address Primary Care Shortage
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this Policy Tip Sheet, Matthew Glans discusses how states can reform their health insurance regulations to encourage the growth of direct primary care services for patients. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Telehealth Provides Affordable and Accessible Care
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this Policy Tip Sheet, Matthew Glans discusses telehealth reform and how these services can improve the cost and availability of care. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Restrictive Medical Licensing Laws Exacerbate Doctor Shortage
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this Policy Tip Sheet, Matthew Glans examines how overly stringent licensing rules have contributed to the growing doctor shortage and how states can reform these rules. -
Research & Commentary: Medicaid Expansion Would Bankrupt North Carolina
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a revised Medicaid expansion proposal in the North Carolina legislature that uses the illusion of free-market reforms in an attempt to appease expansion opponents. -
The Leaflet: Don’t Miss The Heartland Institute’s 2019 Emerging Issues Forum!
Publication -The Leaflet -Make sure to join The Heartland Institute in Austin for our 2019 Emerging Issues Forum. -
Research & Commentary: Single-Payer Health Care Should Be Dead Upon Arrival
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines single-payer health care systems, their many flaws, and outlines why legislators should resist efforts to implement these reforms at both the state and federal level. -
The Leaflet: Lawmakers Should Embrace Tobacco Harm Reduction Devices
Publication -The Leaflet -Rather than restricting access to electronic cigarettes with regulations, taxation, and even prohibition, lawmakers should embrace their use as an effective smoking cessation tool. -
The Arizona Medicaid Expansion Experience
Publication -Policy Studies -The study debunks the idea that employer insurance plans are subsidizing the uninsured through cost shifting. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Work Requirements Are Crucial to Stabilizing State Medicaid Programs
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this Policy Tip Sheet, Matthew Glans discusses how work requirements are desperately needed to ensure the long-term viability of Medicaid and keep costs under control. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Don’t Wait for Congress, States Should Pursue Medicaid Waivers Now
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this Policy Tip Sheet, Matthew Glans examines Medicaid waivers and argues states should be proactive and not wait for Congress to pursue Medicaid reform. -
Research & Commentary: Certificate of Need Laws Restrict Competition and Benefit Existing Health Care Providers
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a new effort in Delaware to reform or repeal the state's certificate of need laws for health care providers. -
Hospital Network Competition and Adverse Selection: Evidence From the Massachusetts health Insurance Exchange
Publication -Policy Studies -Mark Shepard looks at date in the Boston health care market to show how insurers are restricting their networks. -
Research & Commentary: Medicaid Expansion is Antithesis of Conservative Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines Medicaid expansion efforts in North Carolina and why the state should continue to resist calls to expand. -
Renewable Term Health Insurance: Better Coverage Than Obamacare
Publication -Policy Studies -Chris Pope of the Manhattan Institute makes the case of how so-called "short-term" insurance plans are not "junk insurance" and how expansion of access will not leave the federal government with a bigger bill to take care of the sick. -
Research & Commentary: North Carolina Should Reform or Repeal Its Crony Certificate of Need Laws
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a new proposal in North Carolina that would reform the state's certificate of need laws for health care providers. -
Healthcare Innovations in Georgia: Two Recommendations
Publication -Policy Studies -The study looks at what health care innovations under Section 1332 waivers would be worthwhile for the State of Georgia. -
Research & Commentary: How Reference Pricing Could Boost Consumer Health Care Choices and Reduce Costs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines reference pricing and how it could be a valuable tool for states seeking to reduce skyrocketing health care costs while maintaining a high-quality standard of care. -
Research & Commentary: Drug Approval Reform Popular and Long-Overdue
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation would expand Right To Try, but doesn't go far enough. -
Research & Commentary: Expanding the Role of Physician Assistants in Rhode Island
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a bill in Rhode Island that would allow physician assistants to care for patients without being directly supervised by medical doctors, dramatically improving their ability to provide care. -
Research & Commentary: Alaska Should Reject Private-Option Medicaid Model
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a bill that would shift thousands of Alaskans covered under Alaska’s expanded Medicaid program onto subsidized private insurance plans. -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Medicaid Costs Exceeding Projections Post-Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses the rapidly rising cost of Virginia's Medicaid program and how Medicaid expansion is exacerbating the problem. -
Policy Brief: A Modern System for Approving the Cures of the Future
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief argues an FTCM approach, by collecting real-world data on the effects of new drugs, would provide more patients with access to potentially life-saving drugs, and it would do so faster and more efficiently than the current FDA system. -
Research & Commentary: Work Requirements Help Preserve Medicaid Assistance for the Truly Needy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a proposal in North Carolina that would create work requirements for the state’s Medicaid program.
