The Center for Policy Innovation is Heritage's "think tank within a think tank." The Center is modeled on units within creative companies and specific institutions that develop breakthrough ideas.
Higher education is on the brink of huge “disruptive innovation” that could result in much lower tuition costs and many new business models. Improvements in online education, together with the rising cost and indebtedness associated with the traditional college education model, are driving this revolution. There are enormous potential consequences for economic mobility and the US economy. Read More.
Online classes are becoming a common feature of higher education, and this has led some educators to explore whether all of the features associated with a college experience could be accomplished online. Most can, says Karen D. McKeown, who completed her master’s degree in nursing online at Yale University. Read More.
Fifty years ago, America began a grand experiment by transferring to the federal government the fiscal responsibility for individuals with mental illnesses. During that half-century, it has become increasingly clear that the experiment has been a costly failure, both in terms of human lives and in terms of dollars. The outcome was, in fact, clear as early as 1984, when the chief architect of the federal community mental health centers program proclaimed it to be a failure: “The result is not what we intended, and perhaps we didn’t ask the questions that should have been asked when developing a new concept….” Bringing sanity to our present mental health system is dependent on one essential change: Return the primary responsibility for such services to the states. Read More.
For decades Congress has routinely enacted complex legislation and has delegated legislative power to executive and independent federal agencies to “fill in the blanks”. While this has been a regular feature of modern government, this trend has accelerated in recent years, particularly with the enactment of massive legislation. Instead of the rule of law, Americans are increasingly subject to the rule of regulation and regulators. Administrators, unelected and unaccountable, are exercising increasingly detailed control over our personal and professional lives. This is a troubling trend for citizens of a democratic republic. Read More.
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Stuart Butler on the Individual Mandate on Fox News Stuart Butler discusses the individual mandate and Obamacare. …
Dr. Bob Moffit on Obamacare and the End of Medicare As We Know It: Heritage in Focus Podcast In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Dr. Bob Moffit discusses his new paper, "Obamacare Ends Medicare As We Know It." David Weinberger hosts. To …
Bob Moffit on Medicare on FNC Bob Moffit discusses Medicare reform. …
Bob Moffit on Medicare and Medicaid on FNC Bob Moffit comments on Medicare reform. …
Stuart Butler on Saving the American Dream on Stossel Stuart Butler goes head-to-head with other think tanks on their proposals for budget reform. …
Stuart Butler on Saving the American Dream on Lou Dobbs Stuart Butler discusses Heritage's Saving the American Dream plan on Lou Dobb's television program. …
Stuart Butler and Alison Fraser on Saving the American Dream Alison Fraser and Stuart Butler comment on Heritage's Saving the American Dream budget plan on Fox News. …
PODCAST: Dr. Robert Moffit on the One-Year Anniversary of Obamacare In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Dr. Robert Moffit discusses the one-year anniversary of Obamacare. David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage …
Bob Moffit on the Obamacare Repeal Vote: Heritage in Focus, January 19, 2011 Dr. Robert Moffit discusses this week's vote on repealing Obamacare. David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit our …
Bob Moffit on Repealing Obamacare: Heritage in Focus, December 1, 2010 Bob Moffit discusses the legislative and judicial methods of repealing Obamacare. David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit …
The Center for Policy Innovation is Heritage’s “think tank within a think tank.” The Center is modeled on those units within pace-setting companies and scientific institutions that develop breakthrough ideas.
The Center forms special teams of Heritage analysts and outside experts to explore and refine creative policy concepts and then feed them into the regular Heritage policy development process.
Much of the Center’s work is “experimental”, in which seminars, studies and Discussion Papers lay out policy ideas for examination and debate. After seeking reaction internally and externally, such policy thought experiments are refined and, in conjunction with Heritage research departments, turned into fully developed policy proposals.
In addition, the Center acts as one of Heritage’s links with the research community outside the Washington Beltway, fostering policy conversations and joint research projects.
This website provides a selection of cutting-edge papers and proposals generated by Heritage analysts and outside scholars on topics of particular focus for the Center. In keeping with the exploratory approach of the Center, the Key Documents included under each issue tab contain especially important policy ideas that push the envelope of discussion.