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Montana Now 20th State to Defend Health Care Choice

American Legislative Exchange Council Staff

Press Release / American Legislative Exchange Council / November 05, 2009

Washington, D.C.—The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation’s largest individual membership association of state legislators, ... (read more)

Texas Could Be Hit Hard By Medicaid Pressures

Rick Docksai

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 06, 2009

Texas has a history of balancing its state budget during even the worst of economic times, but if a U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposal to expand Medicaid ... (read more)

Missouri Tort Reform Reverses Doctor Exodus

Rick Docksai

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 05, 2009

In a development suggesting medical malpractice reform may help alleviate doctor shortages, a package of reforms in Missouri signed in 2005 by then-governor ... (read more)

Why New Jersey Has High Level of Uninsured

Sarah McIntosh

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 05, 2009

As health care reform dominates discussions on Capitol Hill, the experience of states such as New Jersey, which has one of the largest uninsured populations ... (read more)

Indiana HSA Success a Lesson for Other States

Thomas Cheplick

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 03, 2009

More than 50 percent of state government employees in Indiana have health savings accounts, the nation’s highest state employee participation rate ... (read more)

Wisconsin Seeks More Medicaid Money to Heal Sick State Budget

Brien Farley

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / November 03, 2009

Wisconsin is the latest of 23 states to implement a mechanism to draw down additional federal money to bolster the state's Medicaid program.The Wisconsin ... (read more)

Applying the Lessons of State Health Reform

Michael Bond

Policy Report No. 323 / National Center for Policy Analysis / September 01, 2009

Lack of health insurance is a significant, persistent problem in New Jersey. In 2007, more than 1.3 million residents were uninsured - three-fourths ... (read more)

Maine’s Public Health Care Initiative Viewed as Failure

Sarah McIntosh

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / October 09, 2009

Six years after Maine created what many hailed as an innovative public health care initiative, the plan has failed to live up to its goals.In 2003 Maine ... (read more)

Maternity Ward Bed Shortages Plague U.K.

Aricka Flowers

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / October 09, 2009

Scores of women are giving birth outside of maternity wards in the United Kingdom because the government-run system lacks beds and midwives.U.K. health ... (read more)

Obama's Record on Health Care in Illinois

Greg Scandlen

Chicago Daily Observer August 21, 2009

When you boil off all the frothy rhetoric, what health reform is really all about is a power grab. It is 16 percent of the national economy and $2.7 trillion ... (read more)