Publications
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Research & Commentary: Idaho Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The expansion of Medicaid programs in some Republican-controlled states under the false mantle of a “free market alternative” to Obamacare has emboldened some Republican governors to reconsider their opposition to Medicaid expansion. Idaho Gov. -
Research & Commentary: Alaska Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Alaska State Legislature opposed expanding Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with many arguing it is an expensive endeavor that would not provide better or more affordable health care for Alaskans. -
Research & Commentary: Medical Device Tax Update
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had many disruptive effects on both the health care industry and the economy as a whole. One area receiving less attention that is raising health care costs and costing jobs is the ACA tax on medical devices. -
Power to the People: Repealing and Replacing Obamacare with Patient Power
Publication -Policy Briefs -Promising “Voters will wildly and widely applaud replacing Obamacare with patient power,” Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara describes in a new Policy Brief the steps needed to do just that. -
Power to the People: Repealing and Replacing Obamacare with Patient Power
Publication -Policy Briefs -Promising “Voters will wildly and widely applaud replacing Obamacare with patient power,” Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara describes in a new Policy Brief the steps needed to do just that. -
Research & Commentary: Experimental Drugs and the Right to Try
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Utah is one of several states expected to consider legislation allowing terminally ill patients to obtain experimental drugs without getting federal approval, known as “Right to Try. -
The Leaflet: Affordable Care Act Forces Louisiana Public Schools to Cut Hours
Publication -The Leaflet -Affordable Care Act Forces Louisiana Public Schools to Cut Hours A provision in the Affordable Care Act has caused the public school system in Louisiana to rely more heavily on substitute teachers. -
Research & Commentary: Certificate of Need Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Thirty-six states currently use certificate of need (CON) laws to slow the growth of health care prices, promote consolidation of health care providers, and limit duplication of services. -
Research & Commentary: Vermont Single-Payer Health Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Vermont is the first state to attempt to establish a completely government-run health care system, financing and administering health care services and health insurance coverage. -
Research & Commentary: Tennessee Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Recent moves by Pennsylvania and Indiana to expand their Medicaid programs under the false mantle of being a “free-market alternative” to Obamacare have emboldened some Republican governors to reconsider their opposition to Medicaid expansion. -
The Leaflet: Employer Mandate Hinders Business Success and Growth
Publication -The Leaflet -Employer Mandate Hinders Business Success and GrowthOn October 7, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. -
Liberating the Poor from the Medicaid Ghetto
Publication -Policy Briefs -Medicaid is a massive federal-state entitlement program desperately in need of reform. Its mission is to provide health care to the poorest of the nation’s poor ... -
The Leaflet: Coming Soon: The Heartland Institute’s Updated Welfare Reform Report Card
Publication -The Leaflet -Coming Soon: The Heartland Institute’s Updated Welfare Reform Report CardOn Tuesday, September 23 The Wall Street Journal published a column titled “A Republican War on Poverty” by Heartland Senior Fellow Gary MacDougal, author of Make a Difference: A -
The Leaflet: Republican Governors Consider Expanding Medicaid
Publication -The Leaflet -Republican Governors Consider Expanding MedicaidStates across the country continue to debate whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). To date, 10 Republican governors have supported expansion. -
Research & Commentary: Gov. Mike Pence’s Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Expanding Medicaid can have repercussions beyond state budgets and the health care industry. Increasing government spending has a direct effect on the economy, shifting dollars that would have been spent in the private economy into state programs. -
The Leaflet: Telemedicine Can Provide Better Health Care at a Lower Cost
Publication -The Leaflet -Telemedicine Can Provide Better Health Care at a Lower CostAs more people acquire health insurance, the discussion about how to offer better access to care at a reasonable cost becomes ever more pertinent. -
Research & Commentary: Telemedicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Improvements in communications technology have led to rapid increases in the efficiency and reach of industries throughout the modern economy. -
Research & Commentary: Telemedicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Improvements in communications technology have led to rapid increases in the efficiency and reach of industries throughout the modern economy. -
The Leaflet: Hear about the Future of Obamacare at Heartland’s Emerging Issues Forum
Publication -The Leaflet -Hear about the Future of Obamacare at Heartland's Emerging Issues Forum On Tuesday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in Halbig v. -
Research & Commentary: Physician-Owned Hospitals and the Affordable Care Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Physician-owned specialty hospitals have faced several major challenges since the implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). -
Research & Commentary: Medical Licensing and the Doctor Shortage
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A 2011 study published in the Milbank Quarterly found Obamacare would create a need for between 4,300 and 7,000 more physicians in the United States by 2019. -
Research & Commentary: Pence’s HIP 2.0 Is Not Conservative Medicaid Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In May 2014, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence introduced a proposal to expand the state’s Medicaid program, known as the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP). Currently, HIP serves only individual Indianans earning below the federal poverty level. -
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: 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.
