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Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Nevada’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Nevada’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
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Trump to Cut Funding to Hospitals Performing Child Gender Transition
Publication -The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon begin the rulemaking process to defund chemical and surgical alteration of children for gender transition. The Trump administration is in “the final stage of review for a new rule that would make it a condition of hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid that they not […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Minnesota’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Minnesota’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save New Hampshire’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform New Hampshire's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Michigan’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Michigan's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers -
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Nebraska Town Says CON Laws Are Blocking Nursing Home Care
Publication -The people of Butte, Nebraska say the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws are saving nursing home care in their community. The Butte Senior Living Facility closed in April 2025 when its owner, Accura HealthCare, decided to shut down the facility. The town, with a population of 274, is now trying to find a solution […] -
Comments on the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate”
Publication -The U.S. Department of Energy’s “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate,”(hereafter, DOECR) serves as powerful refutation of the oft-repeated claims that the science is settled concerning the role humans are playing in ongoing climate change and that present climate change poses an existential crisis meriting a wholesale government directed […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save New Jersey’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform New Jersey's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers -
Research & Commentary: New Index Shows Montana Falling Behind in the Education Choice Revolution
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report shows Montana is lagging behind in a nationwide education movement still building momentum. According to the 2025 EdChoice Friedman Index—a new measuring system released in April by the titular education reform organization, which is designed to measure how much educational choice families in a particular state actually have—Montana only has an index score […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Massachusetts’ Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Massachusetts’ Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save New Mexico’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform New Mexico’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers -
Research & Commentary: New Paper Highlights Why Carbon Dioxide Emissions Should Never Have Been Seen as Public Health Risk
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A June white paper from the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) has found that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the U.S. power sector do not meet the threshold set under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to be considered a significant contributor to air pollution that endangers public health. Under Section 111 of the CAA, the […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Finds Golden State’s Green Energy Transition Could Cost Each California Household More Than $20,000
Publication -Research and Commentaries -An April 2025 report from the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) analyzing California’s ambitious climate goals and radical energy transition plans finds that, left unchecked, they will lead to significant costs for Golden State families and businesses. Since enacting SB 100 in 2018, California has mandated “renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of retail […] -
Research & Commentary: New Report Details the Costs, Grid Degradation of Michigan’s ‘Healthy Climate’ Plan
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has released a new report detailing how Michigan’s “MI Healthy Climate Plan” (MHCP) will cause the state’s already very high electricity prices to increase significantly and will degrade the reliability of the state’s electric grid, increasing the risk of blackouts. The main goal of the MHCP is achieving 100 […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Maryland’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Maryland’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers -
Response to the REQUEST FOR INFORMATION — Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases and US Climate: Evidence and Impacts
Publication -Submitted August 27, 2025 H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D.Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental PolicyThe Heartland Institute Anyone should welcome the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) engaging in an honest assessment of the state of the climate, the effects of greenhouse gases on it, and what potential impacts might realistically be […] -
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Congress Considers Three-Year Auto-Enrollment in Medicare Advantage
Publication -A bill before Congress would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to automatically enroll newly eligible citizens into a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan with a mandatory three-year enrollment. H.R. 3467, sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), would amend the Medicare Advantage Reform Act to mandate automatic MA enrollment for plan years on or […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save New York’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform New York’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Maine’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Maine’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
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Man Admits to Medicaid Fraud—and That’s Not the Worst Part – Commentary
Publication -KFF health news correspondent Katheryn Houghton posted a fascinating article on a Montana man who admits to an ongoing fraud against Medicaid. I rail against health care fraud. I edited and published a 500-page book full of examples of rapacious health care fraud and government indifference. What this guy is doing is clearly illegal. I would rather he stop. Yet I’m not sure I could vote […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save North Carolina’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform North Carolina’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Louisiana’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Louisiana’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save North Dakota’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform North Dakota’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waiver ... -
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Lawsuit Challenges New COVID-19 Shot Recommendation
Publication -A federal lawsuit filed by multiple major medical groups is challenging vaccination guideline changes initiated by Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, several other medical organizations, and an anonymous physician filed […]