The Heartland Institute

... that Democrats had no plan for health care in 2009 because there were... Romney campaign proposes to do on health care, Congressional Republicans know what they... bias in favor of employer-sponsored health insurance to create full portability (either through a tax credit, deductibility... 3. They... ...

... worse, Americans faced serious problems in health care—and we cannot simply revert... advance solutions. At its core, the health care problem is one of inflation... reason is easy to see: The health care sector lacks most of the... consumers can discover value. But in health care, the “consumer” is... ...

This report discusses the issue of cloud computing and outlines its implications for the privacy of personal information as well as its implications for the confidentiality of business and governmental information. The report finds that for some information and for some business users, sharing may be illegal, may be limited in ...

The federal government is taking unprecedented steps to tighten its control over the 50 states and the lives of every American. Under the U.S. Constitution, however, states are supposed to be equal partners to the federal government in protecting individual rights. State sovereignty allowing each state to determine its own affairs ...

... expectation. Further, while the Affordable Care Act makes important changes to the Medicare... for most categories of non-physician health services will be adjusted downward each... best available evidence indicates that most health care providers cannot improve their productivity... these services. Without major... ...

...The Medicare program has two components. Hospital Insurance (HI), or Medicare Part A, helps pay for hospital, home health, skilled nursing facility, and hospice care... for the aged and disabled. Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) consists of Medicare Part B... pay for physician, outpatient hospital, home... ...

... among employers regarding President Obama s health care law, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz... how the employer mandate to provide insurance may harm businesses, including his own... Schultz responded to a question about health care costs saying that the cost... to the White House prior to health care being... ...

... the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) must be repealed. There are... any new attempt to create workable health care reform. 1. An impossible mandate. The new health care law requires all Americans to buy a health insurance plan with a cost that is... of their incomes. Not only... ...

... 1886(o) of the Social Security Act (" Act" ), under which value-based incentive payments will be made in a fiscal year to hospitals that meet performance standards with respect to a performance period for the fiscal year involved.... ...

... enormous government bailouts of banks and insurance companies launched by President George W... what to think or how to act; this is not a “program” or “agenda” for a movement. The word “patriot” appears in the title because the principles we recommend would return the country to government based on the ideals... ...

... the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” The act’s supporters said it would achieve the long-sought goal of universal health insurance while preserving the high quality and... are the hallmarks of America’s health care system. Peter Ferrara says the act’s supporters are wrong. “Obamacare... ...

This paper examines the potential impact of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) competitive bidding programme for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies on Medicare beneficiary choice, access and quality. It states that the programme's emphasis on price competition may lead to unsustainable price ...

The Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance Program (Part B) currently covers a wide variety of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and other medical supplies (DMEPOS) if they are medically necessary and are prescribed by a physician. Durable medical equipment (DME) is equipment that (1) can withstand repeated... ...

Click on the below PDF to view the Department of Education's guidance on for-profit colleges as it pertains to " gainful employment." ...

The July issue of Health Care News reports on the reaction... Medicare & Medicaid Services, America s primary health care agency. Also in this issue...: A joint effort of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine and... ignore the individual mandate to purchase health insurance... ...

The June issue of InfoTech & Telecom News highlights FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski s National Broadband Plan -- which he unveiled exactly one month after a federal court ruled the agency lacks the authority to regulate the Internet. A Rasmussen Reports poll shows most Americans oppose the FCC s plan. Also in this issue: Three ...

The May issue of Health Care News leads with President Barack Obama s signing of the federal health care overhaul legislation ... and a report on Virginia s passage of a health freedom law that aims to protect... wish. The rationale may be public health, but data indicate it s just... a new revenue... ...

... on budget and tax policy, environment, health care, information technology and telecommunications, school reform, lawsuit abuse, and finance, insurance, and real estate... ...

Federal regulations cost more than $1.2 trillion, far more than the $900 billion Americans paid in federal income taxes, according to the 2010 Ten Thousand Commandments report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which reviewed the impact of regulations in 2009. The report notes the federal government has three ways to fund ...

... repealing the disastrous mark-to-market accounting requirements and the Community Reinvestment Act, which both contributed mightily to the... with the freedom to choose personal accounts for Social Security, eventually expanding the accounts to take over financing of all... food stamps, and public housing... ...