Publications
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Research & Commentary: Ending CON Laws in Alaska Would Boost Health Care Market
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a new proposal in Alaska that would repeal the state's certificate of need laws. -
Research & Commentary: Backsliding on CON Laws Would Harm Hoosier Health Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a proposed bill in Indiana that would partially restore the states' certificate of need law, which would be a step in the wrong direction. -
Testimony Before the North Dakota House Human Services Committee Relating to Dental Therapy
Publication -Testimony -Bette Grande testified before a North Dakota committee regarding a bill to allow for the practice of dental therapy. -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Seeks to Roll Back Restrictions on Telemedicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a new effort in Virginia to reduce the regulatory burden on telehealth providers. -
Policy Brief: The State Lawmaker’s Case for Legalizing Dental Therapy
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief keeps the liberty question front-and-center in the dental therapy debate. -
The Leaflet: Happy New Year from The Heartland Institute!
Publication -The Leaflet -New Year's Greetings from The Heartland Institute -
Research & Commentary: Connecticut Should Lower Barriers to Telemedicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses how telemedicine can help provide health care to those without access and why Connecticut should include telemedicine in their Medicaid program. -
The Leaflet: Choice and Competition will Cure America’s Health Care Crisis
Publication -The Leaflet -This week, the Trump administration released a new report about the role rules and regulations have played in rising health care costs and limiting health care choices. -
Certificate-Of-Need Laws: How CON Laws Affect Spending, Access, and Quality across the States
Publication -Policy Briefs -Decades of research by health economists, regulatory economists, and antitrust lawyers shows CON laws fail to achieve their expressed goals, limit supply, and undermine competition. -
Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition
Publication -Legislative Principles -On December 3, 2018, President Trump presented his plan for fixing the nation's broken health care system. -
Research & Commentary: Nebraska Should Approach Medicaid Expansion Warily
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses how Nebraska lawmakers should approach Medicaid expansion and the need for reforms like work requirements to be included in any expansion effort. -
Research & Commentary: Medi-Cal Can and Should Fix Eligibility Problems
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines Medi-Cal's issues with eligibility and how Massachusetts' automation efforts could serve as a model for California to follow. -
Research & Commentary: The Rise of Telemedicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses how telemedicine can help provide health care to those without access and how the main barrier to telehealth expansion is government regulation. -
Research & Commentary: Improving Medicaid Eligibility through Automation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses a new study that examines Massachusetts' Medicaid eligibility reforms and found they saved the state millions of taxpayer dollars. -
Research & Commentary: To Expand Health Care, Alaska Needs to End CON Laws
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses the need for certificate of need repeal in Alaska. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Pre-Existing Conditions
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this Policy Tip Sheet, Charlie Katebi explains how Obamacare weakened protections for patients with preexisting conditions, and how states can strengthen coverage for these vulnerable people. -
The Leaflet: States Empowered To Innovate In Health Care
Publication -The Leaflet -New guidance has been issued that will give states more flexibility in reforming their individual health insurance markets in order to reduce health care costs and increase choice and competition. -
Research & Commentary: Dental Therapists Can Heal Michigan’s Dental Shortage
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Charles Katebi examines a proposal in Michigan that would expand access to dental care for patients in rural communities and inner cities. -
Research & Commentary: Pennsylvania Should Embrace Expansion of Telemedicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a bill moving through the Pennsylvania General Assembly that would expand telemedicine access and create reimbursement parity with in-person services. -
The Leaflet: A Simple Solution to the Primary Care Physician Shortage
Publication -The Leaflet -Nurse practitioners are well-trained, well-educated medical professionals that can alleviate the growing shortage of primary care doctors nationwide. -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Needs to Add Work Requirements to Medicaid
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines Virginia's recent expansion of Medicaid and why the state needs to add work requirements to the program to manage costs and help move people through the program and back into the workforce. -
Policy Brief: Don’t Buy the Hype: Medicaid Expansion Would Be a Disaster for Idaho
Publication -Policy Briefs -In this Policy Brief, Heartland's Charlie Katebi and Lindsay Atkinson from the Idaho Freedom Foundation discuss how Milliman and other consulting firms routinely underestimate the cost of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. -
Research & Commentary: Expanded Role for Nurses Could Help Address Ohio’s Primary Care Shortage
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a new bill in Ohio that would allow well-trained advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to provide expanded care without unnecessary regulatory barriers. -
Research & Commentary: Medicaid Expansion Increases Cost-Shifting Burden
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines Arizona's Medicaid expansion and a study from the Goldwater Institute that argues expansion in Arizona has increased the cost-shifting burden on consumers from the uninsured.
