The Heartland Institute

... Medicaid expansion, hydraulic fracturing in Florida, protecting student data, Illinois pension reform, yet... Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing in Florida Environment Heartland Policy Analyst Taylor Smith examines... Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency, found more than 8,000 wells... Ed: States... ...

... Urge Congress to Oppose Carbon Taxes Environment & Climate Dear United States Senators and... to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect the world’s climate. The revenue... gas emissions.) Higher carbon taxes cause environmental harm. Carbon taxes force the substitution... energy sources cause real and... ...

... aid in managing the breach. The agency has hired two independent auditing firms... and monitor efforts to notify and protect victims. SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune CAN... The goal is to “create an environment in schools where kids have an opportunity to make choices among healthy options.” Many Americans, in... ...

... the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a... TSCA’s current framework prevents the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from evaluating the safety of... director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality... ...

... are subject to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Although President Obama’s administration... would insist on their withdrawal for environmental reasons.” In a press statement, the... if you assume they have an environmentally negative impact, the amount of CFCs used by inhalers... ...

If you're looking for a timeline of the laws and regulations of Obamacare, here are several which have been produced by various entities. You may find a particular timeline more useful depending on what you're looking for. Kaiser Health News: Implementation Timeline (graphically the most appealing) NFIB: Timeline for Small Businesses ...

... Obama signed into law 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 freedom of choice that are the hallmarks of America’s health care system. Peter Ferrara says the act’s supporters... ...

... 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 Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to combat Medicaid fraud is yielding positive results for Louisiana taxpayers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates millions... ...

The February 2010 issue of Health Care News leads with coverage of the U.S. Senate s Christmas Eve party-line vote to approve a federal takeover of the country s health care system ... and Sen. Joe Lieberman s steadfast opposition to that plan. Also in this issue: Massive cuts in benefits put Tennessee s health care system ...

... and programs and relevant executive branch agency outreach and consultation with public and... Plan, ONC worked with other federal agencies to solicit input and assure that the full breadth of federal agencies in re-evaluating the strategic objectives and strategies, and in tracking progress toward these goals... ...

... research financed or conducted by public agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) foremost among them, rather than the pharmaceutical companies that produce and market them. The goal of this study is to test the accuracy of this proposition. To do so, we compiled summary case histories of thirty-five drugs... ...

... media, politicians, liberal advocacy groups, government agencies, and the organic food industry. These... of liberal advocacy groups and government agencies as reliable sources for news stories... for Humane Studies, and Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). All journalists can... about inaccurate articles... ...

I would like to make comments relevant to human health risk assessment. I have been conducting high quality, peer reviewed epidemiologic research for almost 35 years, focusing on the relationship between major lifestyle factors and mortality in well defined cohorts in California and the United States. I have been a member ...

The relationship between doctors and their patients is very special. Patients trust their doctors to keep private their personal medical histories, diagnose conditions and prescribe medicines based on an astounding knowledge of biology and chemistry, and literally save lives on a daily basis. Some policymakers, most with no background ...

... book that significantly influenced the modern environmental movement. In the same week, the... States in 1972. Then-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus said it "posed unacceptable risks to the environment and potential harm to human health... worldwide. As a... ...

Between 1970 and 2002 government expenditures on health care rose by 690 percent, and if current trends hold, by the year 2050 those expenditures will account for one-third of U.S. gross domestic product. A key driver of expenditures is Medicaid, the socialized health care system for low-income Americans administered by the ...

With approximately 4 million births in the United States each year, pregnancy and child birth related conditions are the leading causes for hospital stays and account for almost 25 percent of U.S. hospitalizations. The cost of having a baby can easily reach thousands of dollars, making insurance coverage critical for pregnant ...

The proper role of government in financing and delivering health care is one of the hottest public policy issues of our time. Some experts call for more regulation and more subsidies, while others call for less. All levels of government in the U.S. are coping with rising spending on health care for their own workforces and ...

When Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed into law the Health Care Access and Affordability Plan on April 12, 2006, some saw in it a potential model for other states to follow, while others viewed it as the first step toward socialized health care. The plan requires employers of more than 11 workers to provide health ...

During the past fifteen years, the number of consumers with prescription drug coverage has expanded dramatically. More widespread drug coverage has increased competition among retail pharmacies as many large and sophisticated payers, such as employers, unions, governmental programs, as well as health plans, hired pharmacy benefit ...