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Obamacare Coverage Gaps Are Emerging
Opinion -Getting married or divorced, having a child, or even taking a second job could disrupt the health care coverage of 28 million low-income Americans as President Obama’s law takes effect next year. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Delay of Obamacare Employer Mandate
Opinion -Late Tuesday afternoon, the Obama administration announced it was delaying until 2015 the mandate that employers provide insurance under Obamacare. -
BPA Replacement Faces Same Attacks as BPA
Opinion -As anti-chemical activists attempt to ban the safe but controversial chemical Bisphenol A from plastic products, a new study claims the most viable replacement chemical presents greater human health concerns than the exhaustively tested Bisphenol A. -
Suffolk County, NY Bans BPA in Cash Register Receipts
Opinion -Suffolk County, New York became the first government entity in the nation to ban Bisphenol-A from cash register receipts. The decision by the Suffolk County Legislature defies the findings of government health and science bodies around the world. -
Study on Smoking Bans Mischaracterizes Medical Data
Opinion -Authors of a widely reported article on the health impacts of a local ban on smoking in restaurants claim their research shows significant health benefits, but the data examined in the article show no health benefits at all.Conflicts of InterestRichard D. -
Texas Rejects Obama Administration on Exchange, Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -In a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Texas Gov. Rick Perry confirmed his state has no intention of implementing an insurance exchange or expanding Medicaid, despite the reelection of President Obama. -
FCC Allocates MBAN Spectrum
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission has established service rules for the world's first spectrum allocation for Medical Body Area Networks. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Obamacare Ruling
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court today upheld most provisions of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, including the individual mandate. -
IT Poses Stumbling Block for ACA Implementation
Opinion -While policymakers and health care and legal analysts debate the constitutionality of U.S. healthcare reform, technology experts and medical doctors remain skeptical whether a nationwide data hub is desirable or even feasible. -
FDA Affirms Bisphenol A Is Safe in Food Packaging
Opinion -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reaffirmed that bisphenol A, a chemical used in certain plastics and resins, poses no identified risks to human health at current exposure levels. -
EPA Global Warming Restrictions Would Eliminate New Coal Power
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed carbon dioxide restrictions that will effectively ban the construction of coal-fired power plants. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to First Day of Obamacare Hearings at Supreme Court
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court today began three days of hearings on a challenge to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare. -
McCarthy ‘Can’t Answer’ Question on EPA’s Monetary Formula
Opinion -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy said she “can’t answer” a question on how EPA calculates the monetary value it assigns to each life the agency allegedly extends through regulation. -
‘Chemicals of Concern’ Legislation Proposed in Michigan
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Heartland Institute Reacts to New ‘Toxic’ Chemical Rules in California
Opinion -The California Department of Toxic Substances Control this week tightened up the state’s “green chemistry” regulation. -
Power Plants Closing, Jobs Disappearing in Response to New EPA Regulations
Opinion -American Electric Power has announced new EPA regulations will force it to close five coal-fired power plants, pay for expensive retrofits for at least a dozen more, eliminate 600 jobs, and substantially increase the price it charges for electricity. -
Diesel Emission Regulations Won’t Protect Health
Opinion -Dr. Stephen Maxwell’s invited editorial, “Another View: No serious dispute over diesel’s role in dirty air” in the Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 edition was wrong. We are compelled to respond and correct the record. -
Media Advisory: Third-Hand Smoke Risk Claims Challenged
Opinion -On February 8, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a study by a research team from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California describing the alleged risks of third-hand smoke. -
California Judge Rules Styrene Safe
Opinion -Styrene, an organic compound used widely in food packaging and a variety of plastic products, is not a known carcinogen and therefore cannot be listed among California’s Proposition 65 chemicals “known to the State of California to cause -
California to Regulate Semiconductor Plants’ CO2 Emissions
Opinion -A new mandate by the California Air Resources Board singles out the state’s semiconductor plants, implementing rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the state by more than half by 2012. -
Calif. Ports Struggle to Make ‘Clean Trucks’ Payments
Opinion -Trucking companies that purchased expensive, low-emissions trucks under inducement from a Clean Trucks Program at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach are in danger of bankruptcy as reports surface the two port authorities are unable to come up -
California Ignores Scientists, Tightens Diesel Emission Rules
Opinion -The California Air Resources Board has imposed new regulations on diesel truck emissions, substantially reducing the amount of fine particulate matter diesel trucks will be allowed to emit. -
Asthma Sufferers Forced to Give Up Their Inhalers
Opinion -Environmental activists have brought an end to the CFC inhaler, a device asthma sufferers have relied on to provide nearly instant relief from the difficulties of breathing.
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