Kenneth Artz

Kenneth Artz (iamkenartz@hotmail.com) is a freelance reporter for The Heartland Institute based in... (read full bio)

Idaho Halts Implementation of Obamacare Exchange

Kenneth Artz

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May 01, 2012

A state-run health insurance exchange was supposed to be the most important topic Idaho lawmakers would consider when they began their 2012 legislative session.
Vermont Embraces Single Payer Despite Obamacare Uncertainty

Loren Heal, Kenneth Artz

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April 24, 2012

Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care law this summer, Vermont will move forward in creating the first single-payer health insurance sy
Agriculture Secretaries Support Genetic Improvement

Kenneth Artz

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April 12, 2012

A panel of seven former U.S.
$50 Light Bulb Wins Government Prize for Green Affordability

Kenneth Artz

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April 10, 2012

What constitutes an affordable “green” light bulb? According to the U.S. Department of Energy, $50 per light bulb is our most promising future. No Likely Market
Gingrich Calls for Congress to Investigate Justice Department over Bird Kills

Kenneth Artz

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April 05, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is requesting a congressional investigation into why the Justice Department is imposing a double standard on bird kills regarding wind power producer
Mojave Solar Project Killing Threatened Desert Tortoises

Kenneth Artz

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April 02, 2012

Construction of BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah solar power project in the Mojave Desert is destroying the habitat of threatened desert tortoises.
Oregon Asks Federal Taxpayers for $2.5 Billion for Insurance Exchange and CCOs

Kenneth Artz

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March 29, 2012

In March, Oregon Democrat Gov. John Kitzhaber signed two key pieces of legislation affecting the state’s health care system.
Controversial Seven-State Medicare Bidding Program Set to Expand

Kenneth Artz

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March 28, 2012

A year after a controversial new procurement system was introduced, many Medicare beneficiaries are facing difficulties or delays as providers are squeezed by dramatically lower prices on lifesavin
Medicaid Managed Care Blues in the Bluegrass State

Kenneth Artz

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March 27, 2012

Kentucky’s $6 billion Medicaid system provides health care to more than 700,000 low-income residents.
Verizon Spectrum/Cross-Marketing Deals Hit FCC Roadblock

Kenneth Artz

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March 27, 2012

In a late-February filing, Verizon requested Federal Communications Commission approval of a $4 billion purchase of cable company wireless-spectrum licenses.
‘Spectrum Crunch’ Tied to FCC’s Actions

Kenneth Artz

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March 26, 2012

No one knows when the United States will run out of wireless spectrum, but many in the industry agree a crunch is coming.
Study: For Patients Battling Cancer, Medicaid Is Worse Than Being Uninsured

Kenneth Artz

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March 20, 2012

Patients enrolled in Medicaid have worse survival rates than those with private insurance or even no insurance at all, according to a new study focused on Ohio Medicaid recipients published in the
Obama Administration Announces New Cutbacks on Shale Oil Leases

Kenneth Artz

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March 12, 2012

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced new cutbacks in the amount of oil-rich federal lands on which the government will allow energy production.
North Dakota Oil Production Surpasses OPEC Nation Ecuador

Kenneth Artz

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March 09, 2012

Oil production in North Dakota has surged to more than a half million barrels of oil per day, with the oil production in the Peace Garden State now surpassing that of OPEC member Ecuador.
Christian Health Sharing Grows in Wake of Obamacare

Kenneth Artz

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March 08, 2012

With President Obama’s health care law putting the traditional insurance marketplace across the country into upheaval, one alternative that has grown in popularity is Christian health sharing, an a
EPA Targets New York Fracking Standards

Kenneth Artz

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March 08, 2012

The U.S.
Wisconsin DNR Rejects New Restrictions on Mining Frack Sand

Kenneth Artz

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March 07, 2012

Wisconsin state environmental officials say they have no plans to impose new restrictions on the mining of sand for use in hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas.
Oregon Will Tax Health Plans to Fund Exchange

Kenneth Artz

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March 07, 2012

Oregon political leaders decided last year to create the health insurance exchange mandated under President Obama’s health care law.
Wolf Management Returned to Great Lakes States

Kenneth Artz

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February 10, 2012

Wolf populations are growing in the northwestern Great Lakes region, with the federal government removing the predator from regional endangered species protections as of Jan. 27.
First Wolf Sighted in California Since 1924

Kenneth Artz

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February 10, 2012

A gray wolf crossed south of the Oregon-California border this winter, marking the first time a wolf has been sighted in the Golden State since 1924.