 Join Congressman Peter Roskam For a Discussion on Health Care Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam will speak about the threats to Medicare Part D and the state of health care in America. Wednesday, May 29, 2013
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Union League Club
65 West Jackson Boulevard, Room 700, Chicago, IL ...REGISTER
IRS Scandal Brings Calls for  Heads to Roll, Obamacare to Be Delayed Steve Stanek, The Heartland Institute News recently broke of a lawsuit alleging the IRS had improperly obtained millions of personal health records. This raises more concerns about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, because the IRS has a big role to play...READ MORE
Politically Correct Lending Hands Corporate Welfare to Big Banks Douglas E French, senior editor, Laissez Faire Club SBA lending is based upon politics and quotas, not economics. For instance, Bloomberg Businessweek reports the national leader in 7(a) loans, Wells Fargo, has set a goal of lending $5 billion to Asian-American business owners by the end of this year... READ MORE
Research & Commentary: Digital Goods Taxes Matthew Glans, The Heartland Institute Several states are considering imposing discriminatory new taxes on downloaded products. To ensure consumers are not charged multiple taxes for a single transaction, Congress should mandate that taxes on digital goods are charged only by the state where the consumer lives, a principle known as origin-based taxation....READ MORE
 Vast New Government Coding System: Did that Turtle Hit You or Bite You? Benjamin Domenech, The Heartland Institute The primary difference between the current codes, called ICD-9, and the new ICD-10 system is the sheer volume of codes providers will be required to check when entering patient information. ICD-9 currently has approximately 18,000 codes while ICD-10 uses approximately 140,000 codes...READ MORE
Heartland Institute Educa tion Expert Joy Pullmann Testifies Against Common Core Before Wisconsin Legislature Joy Pullmann, The Heartland Institute Pullmann testified, in part:
“Common Core has never been pilot tested anywhere in the world. It is entirely experimental. So we have no proof that what it demands of kids, and how, improves their achievement....READ MORE
 After Oklahoma Tornado, Politicians Play Ridiculous Global Warming Card James M. Taylor, The Heartland Institute Not 24 hours after the tragic Oklahoma tornado, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) began callously exploiting the tragedy to advance their own political agenda regarding global warming...READ MORE
Research & Commentary: Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority Matthew Glans, The Heartland Institute Taylor Smith, The Heartland Institute Although the TVA no longer receives direct taxpayer-funded subsidies, it’s exempt from the federal, state, and local taxes that private businesses, including its potential competitors, are required to pay. Selling the TVA would encourage competition
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Climate Change Weekly James M. Taylor, The Heartland Institute Taylor writes a weekly e-newsletter for Heartland titled Climate Change Weekly, which reports on current stories regarding the reality of climate change. READ MORE
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly: No Net Profit Jacobs High School student Allison Leja of Algonquin, Illinois sued Carpentersville-based Community Unit School District 300 after she was allegedly hit in the face in the gymnasium by a volleyball net she was tightening with a crank... READ MORE
NIPCC Update New research summarized in NIPCC Update, a weekly email edited by Heartland Senior Fellow Craig Idso, Ph.D. and produced by Heartland and the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). READ MORE
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