Hadley Heath

Senior Policy Analyst

Hadley Heath is a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum specializing in health care, entitlements, economics and fiscal policy. Her previous work also includes independent research on Western European media systems in England, France, Germany, and Spain, and a service project in Calcutta, India.

Heath appears frequently in print, broadcast, and radio outlets across the country, and her work has been featured in publications including National Review Online, Townhall.com and The Daily Caller.  She also manages IWF's Health Care Lawsuits Web site.  She regularly represents IWF in coalition meetings and conferences around the globe. 

Prior to joining IWF, Heath studied economic development and globalization with the School of International Training in Santiago, Chile.  She graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar with a bachelor's degree in economics and journalism.

Heath has also been featured in several publications such as The Star and The Scholar for her accomplishments.

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Recent Articles:

ObamaCare Fans Suddenly Concerned for Big, Bad Insurance Companies

May 16 2012


Three Ways ObamaCare Hurts Women (And Men!)

May 15 2012


In Praise of Single Mothers?

May 15 2012


Consumer Spending Slows: Good News or Bad News?

May 14 2012


How to Buy Votes with Health Insurance Rebates

May 11 2012


Businesses, States Hedge Bets on ObamaCare SCOTUS Decision

May 10 2012


"Julia" is Sexist Propaganda

May 3 2012


May Day for ObamaCare

May 1 2012


President Obama Visits Chapel Hill to Perform with Dave Matthews Band and Jimmy Fallon

April 24 2012


Food Nannies vs. Freedom of Speech

April 24 2012


"Equal Pay Day" or Tax Day - Which Concerns Women More?

April 17 2012


Esquire is Right - and Wrong - about "War Against Youth"

April 5 2012


The Health Reform War Will Come Back

April 3 2012


Medicaid - the Gun to the Head

March 30 2012


Supreme Court Protesters Show ObamaCare's True Colors

March 29 2012


Day Three at SCOTUS: Is the Mandate Severable?

March 28 2012


Judgment Day for the Individual Mandate

March 27 2012


One Day Down: Anti-Injunction Arguments

March 26 2012


Women Are Taxpayers??

March 20 2012


Medicaid Flexibility for States - A Real Possibility?

March 8 2012


Happy International Women's Day!

March 8 2012


Lies Part 2

March 1 2012


No Statistics: Just Lies and Damned Lies

March 1 2012


Leap Day Tradition: Female Proposals

February 29 2012


The GOP's Tone-Deaf Hearing

February 17 2012


Help! North Carolina is Waging "War on Women!"

February 16 2012


CPAC Live Blog: ObamaCare, ObamaCare, ObamaCare

February 10 2012


CPAC Live Blog: Give Me Liberty and Give Me Fairness

February 9 2012


Butting Heads over Birth Control

February 9 2012


CPAC Live Blog: It's the Spending, Stupid!

February 9 2012


Employer Health Insurance Mandates Are Also a Recipe for High Unemployment

February 7 2012


Komen Reverses Decision on Planned Parenthood Funding

February 3 2012


Job Creation Engine Tries to Start - Is There Fuel?

February 3 2012


Poll Reveals Strong Majority Oppose Individual Mandate

February 1 2012


How Far is it from School Choice to Health Care Choice?

January 30 2012


SOTU Live Blog: "Their Fair Share"

January 24 2012


SOTU Live Blog: Let's Support Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups!

January 24 2012


SOTU Live Blog: Obama's Biggest Fan

January 24 2012


School Choice: An End to the Culture Wars?

January 24 2012


The Sad Reality of "The Bachelor"

January 19 2012


Keystone Rejection is an XL Mistake

January 18 2012


ObamaCare is a Regulation Machine

January 17 2012


Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be... Doctors?

January 9 2012


The End of Affirmative Action?

January 5 2012


Chief Justice Defends Recusal Process in Year-End Report

January 3 2012


Before and After: The Payroll Tax Holiday Season

December 22 2011


Pilot Medicaid Reforms in Florida See Success

December 21 2011


America Is Still Number One... In Charitable Giving

December 20 2011


Will State-Level Health Insurance Exchanges Be Ready on Time?

December 19 2011


More Young Adults Have Health Insurance (Thanks to Mom and Dad)

December 16 2011


Jobs Through Growth, Growth Through Tax and Regulatory Reform

December 13 2011


Fending for Ourselves: The Liberal Lie in Place of Strong Families, Society

December 8 2011


Women CEOs Agree: Uncertainty is a Job Killer

December 5 2011


Unemployment Decreases: Time to "Step on the Gas"

December 2 2011


ObamaCare: Bad News for Sick Workers

November 30 2011


Shocking New Study: Men Think About Other Things Besides Sex

November 28 2011


For National Thanksgiving Holiday, Thank... A Woman!

November 23 2011


No Word from NOW on OWS Sexual Assaults

November 22 2011


ObamaCare - A Small Biz Nightmare

November 18 2011


New Report Examines Why Kagan Should Recuse Herself from ObamaCare Cases

November 9 2011


Entitlement Reform Is Not About Grandma

November 7 2011


Unemployment Rate "Dips" to 9 Percent

November 4 2011


Wheat, Weed, and Other Reasons to be Optimistic about ObamaCare's Day in Court

November 3 2011


Public Opinion of ObamaCare Hits All-Time Low

October 31 2011


CLASS Act Hearing Shows the Arrogance of Government

October 26 2011


Super Committee Should Avoid Health Entitlement Glut this Thanksgiving

October 24 2011


Even DOJ Says Don't Sever ACA's Individual Mandate

October 21 2011


Harry Reid: Private Sector Jobs "Doing Just Fine"

October 20 2011


Obama Travels to NC to Defend His Policies

October 18 2011


ObamaCare: A CLASS in Accounting Tricks

October 17 2011


"Miss Representation" – A Valuable Message or More Women-as-Victim Whining?

October 13 2011


A Nobel Prize for Economists Who Undercut Keynesianism

October 12 2011


Economic Freedom, Not Wealth Redistribution, Will Solve the Problem of Poverty

October 3 2011


Supreme Court ObamaCare Cert Petitions Abound This Week

September 29 2011


New Survey: Health Insurance Premiums Surge, Young Adults Back on Mom and Dad's Plan

September 27 2011


Deadline Today for En Banc Petition in Florida Case

September 26 2011


GOP Debate: Mandates and Mulligans

September 13 2011


IWF Event Livestream: Women and Technology

September 9 2011


Fourth Circuit Offers Disappointing Defense of ObamaCare

September 8 2011


Why Federal Infrastructure Projects Are a Bad Idea

September 2 2011


Bad Summer for ObamaCare

August 31 2011


For Youth, Slow Economy Means 'No We Can't'

August 31 2011


Hurricane Irene Won't Improve the Economy

August 29 2011


Why Not to Soak the Rich

August 23 2011


Despite Taxpayer-Funded PR Campaign, ObamaCare Remains Unpopular

August 22 2011


The Individual Mandate Ruling - Round III

August 18 2011


Let's Celebrate the 19th Amendment Today and on Election Day

August 18 2011


The Individual Mandate Ruling - Round II

August 17 2011


It Seems Even Obama Regrets ObamaCare

August 17 2011


The Individual Mandate Ruling - Round I

August 16 2011


Victory for Liberty in 11th Circuit Ruling on ObamaCare

August 12 2011


U.K. Riots: Millennials Need Community, Family

August 12 2011


ObamaCare Deficit-Neutral? What a Joke!

August 11 2011


ALEC is Pro-Woman

August 8 2011


Get to Work Girls!

July 28 2011


Never Heard of the Debt Ceiling?

July 26 2011


What Millennials Want

July 25 2011


India's First "Slut Walk" Renamed "PrideStride for Women"

July 25 2011


ObamaCare Could "Firewall" Middle Class Families

July 22 2011


The Mike Schikman Show: Rationing Board Spells Doom for Medicare

July 19 2011


ObamaCare's Rationing Board Spells Doom for Medicare

July 12 2011


Unhappy Birthday Medicare

July 1 2011


Medicaid Block Grants: Good for States, Beneficiaries, and Taxpayers

July 1 2011


Breaking News: Appellate Court Rules ObamaCare Constitutional

June 29 2011


"Mystery Shoppers" Coming to a Doctor Near You

June 28 2011


Careful what you tell... your doctor?

June 17 2011


Obama"Care" Doesn't Care about Kids on Medicaid

June 16 2011


New Interactive Health Care Lawsuit Timeline!

June 15 2011


Let's Talk about this "Slutwalk" Stuff

June 14 2011


CBN News: The Economy and the 2012 Race

June 12 2011


ObamaCare: This is Why We Have Judicial Review

June 9 2011


PJTV: Obamacare Surprise!

June 8 2011


Eleventh Circuit to Hear Florida Case Tomorrow

June 7 2011


Apply the Success of Welfare Reform to Medicaid

June 6 2011


You Should Sign Up for the Daily Dose

June 3 2011


Appellate Courts Weigh ObamaCare

June 2 2011


Coffee and Markets: Challenging Obamacare

June 2 2011


What's Up with Terry Lowry: Are Christian Conservatives Wrong to Cut Spending for Social Programs?

May 31 2011


Tar Heels Fans Forced to Give Money to Duke

May 26 2011


Religion and Politics: Conversation Good, Condemnation Bad

May 23 2011


Paid-Sick-Leave Mandates Miss the Point

May 18 2011


Are Profits Moral?

May 17 2011


Health Care Lawsuits: Against the Odds

May 10 2011


Tomorrow in Richmond

May 9 2011


Health Care Compacts: Reform from the States

May 2 2011


Docs 4 Patient Care Leader Recognized

April 28 2011


Natural Born or Not: Let's Talk Leadership

April 27 2011


Regulation is Robbing Us of $1.75 Trillion

April 21 2011


Re: Emerging Adults

April 21 2011


Parents Can Stop the Sexy Trends in Children's Clothing

April 20 2011


Arizona Legislature Leads with Free-Market Health Reform

April 18 2011


Today is Actually "Tax Freedom Day"

April 12 2011


Obama Can't Think Outside of the Tax-Hike Box

April 12 2011


Countdown Until Shutdown

April 8 2011


Bad for Doctors, Awful for You and Me

April 8 2011


Obama's Signature is the Only 1099 Paperwork Left

April 6 2011


The Only Thing Crazier Than Ryan's Cuts

April 5 2011


Federalism "on Life Support"

April 4 2011


Government Shutdown is Completely Avoidable

March 31 2011


Governed by Laws, Not by Men

March 28 2011


Welfare Reform: Necessary AND Good

March 25 2011


Why ObamaCare is Wrong for America

March 24 2011


Not-So-Happy Birthday, ObamaCare.

March 23 2011


ObamaCare Unlikely to Gain Popularity... During Tax Season

March 22 2011


Check Out the New Health Care Lawsuits Map!

March 10 2011


IWF in the News: Are Obamacare's Health-insurance Exchange Requirements Unconstitutional?

March 9 2011


Whines from Wisconsin vs. Basic Economics

March 3 2011


Atlas Shrugged (the Movie!) More Relevant Now Than Ever

March 2 2011


Shocking New Study: Government is Inefficient

March 1 2011


The Andy Caldwell Show: America Needs Kitchen-Table Budgeting

February 28 2011


Motion to Clarify ObamaCare

February 24 2011


Pre-Adult Boys (and Girls)

February 22 2011


America Needs Kitchen-Table Budgeting

February 22 2011


Christie: Fiscal Leader in Word and in Deed

February 17 2011


Snow Storm to Affect 31 States; ObamaCare Legal Storm to Affect All 50

February 1 2011


Senate to Vote on Repeal of Health Law

February 1 2011


Bring On the ObamaCare Deficit Debate

January 31 2011


A Tidal Wave of Waivers

January 27 2011


"Don't Tell Me Words Don't Matter."

January 25 2011


State of the Union - If Only...

January 25 2011


RTV: Social Security and the Budget

January 24 2011


One-Size-Fits-All Health Care Hurts Special Needs Kids

January 21 2011


Preexisting Confusion

January 19 2011


Half the States in the Union are Suing the Federal Government

January 12 2011


We're "Entitled" to More National Debt

January 12 2011


ObamaCare Repeal - The Great "Cost" of Common Sense

January 10 2011


The ObamaCare Jobs Report

January 6 2011


A Chance at a Clean Drawing Board on Health Reform

January 4 2011


It's January for ObamaCare

January 3 2011


"Compromise" for Christmas, New Challenges in the New Year

December 24 2010


"Compromise" for Christmas, New Challenges in the New Year

December 24 2010


The Government Formula... and Breastfeeding

December 23 2010


Santa Baby... Defund ObamaCare.

December 22 2010


Congratulations to the UConn Women's Team

December 22 2010


ObamaCare Meets Obstacles: Funding and Public Opinion

December 21 2010


Hunting for Millionaires in Oregon

December 21 2010


Teachers Should Think Twice Before Supporting ObamaCare

December 20 2010


Who Rocks the House?

December 16 2010


One is the Loneliest Number

December 16 2010


Today in Florida - Who Rules the U.S.?

December 16 2010


ObamaCare Meets Checks and Balances

December 13 2010


Same Old Same Old: Wealth Envy

December 10 2010


Decision on Avastin Has Real Consequences

December 10 2010


What's Up Doc Fix?

December 9 2010


Read My Lips... No New Spending!

December 9 2010


More than the Individual Mandate

December 7 2010


At Least Conservatives are Consistent

December 7 2010


Oh Death Where is Thy Sting?

December 6 2010


News that is Getting Old

December 3 2010


Baby, It's Cold Outside. But Federal Pay is Far from Frozen.

December 3 2010


Whoa There, Tax Cuts Don't Have to Be "Deficit-Financed"

December 2 2010


Even the Marketplace of Ideas Can Be Regulated

December 2 2010


It's Hard to Admit When You're Wrong

November 29 2010


ObamaCare Keeps Poor People Poor

November 24 2010


Obama's Got My Back

November 23 2010


Oh No Please, Raise MY Taxes

November 22 2010


Parent for America

November 22 2010


Death and Spending

November 22 2010


Oh, BrownCare

November 19 2010


Reality Speaks Louder Than CEDAW

November 19 2010


Health insurers like that we are forced to do business with them

November 19 2010


E Tu, AARP?

November 16 2010


Shred the 1099 Provision!

November 15 2010


Waiver Frequency Indicates Bad Policy

November 15 2010


Freedom is the Only Fairness

November 10 2010


Billions of Our Sisters

November 8 2010


An Uninformed Vote Disrespects Suffragettes and our Founding Fathers

November 2 2010


Why the Wooing Won't Work

October 27 2010


Dear Santa, All I Want for Christmas is... My Personal Freedom

October 18 2010


Drink this Bottle to Make Government Smaller...

October 15 2010


Florida Lawsuit Against Health Reform to Continue

October 14 2010


Formal Ruling to Come Down in Florida Case

October 13 2010


�¿Qu�© Piensan los Votantes Latinos?

October 6 2010


Keeping Bad Teachers Around Discourages Newer, Better Ones

October 6 2010


I Agree With Valenti

October 5 2010


Under Law, I am an "Adult Child"

September 28 2010


Those Big, Bad, Angry, Rich People

September 21 2010


The Youngest Independents

September 20 2010


Intention Does Not Equal Outcome

September 17 2010


French Burqa Ban Passes Upper House

September 15 2010


Moving Forward in Florida

September 15 2010


Who wants to be a millionaire?

September 15 2010


Tomorrow's Hearing

September 13 2010


Labor Day Economics

September 7 2010


I'm Sorry. What?

September 1 2010


The Mike Shickman Show: The Fight For Independence Continues

August 31 2010


Do we need a second stimulus?

August 30 2010


More Economics 101

August 27 2010


Republicans Abroad: The Fight for Independence Continues

August 26 2010


New Ideas Welcome in New Orleans

August 25 2010


The Andy Caldwell Show: The Fight for Independence Continues

August 24 2010


"It just happened!"

August 20 2010


More Revenues at Lower Rates

August 20 2010


Let's Talk About "The Mandate"

August 19 2010


The Fight for Independence Continues

August 18 2010


You might be the next biggest loser

August 17 2010


Making the grade means making some changes

August 16 2010


Senator Reidl

August 12 2010


A lot of explaining to do

August 12 2010


Obama's Education Goal

August 10 2010


We should all be upset

August 9 2010


A Review of the "Five Myths"

August 3 2010


Just thought you should know...

August 3 2010


A Translation Guide to Health Care Headlines

August 2 2010


Flow-to-Nowhere Chart

July 29 2010


Texas Stretched

July 29 2010


Sinking the Ship

July 27 2010


The War of the Sexes... Let's call it off.

July 23 2010


Information Congress Shouldn't Ignore

July 21 2010


Feed the Unemployed a Fish

July 20 2010


It's economic policy, stupid.

July 16 2010


Is Sarah Palin preaching to the choir?

July 12 2010


Japanese Prophesy?

July 12 2010


¡America Eres Tú!

July 9 2010


What Not to Wear with Nicolas Sarkozy

July 7 2010


If the rest of the health care bill didn't scare you...

July 30 2009


Conservatives Want Health Care Reform, Too!

July 24 2009


States' Rights or Civil Rights?

July 23 2009


$1,000,000,000,000 for Lower Quality and Less Choice

July 17 2009


$12 Billion for Education?

July 17 2009


Vouchers help. Unions hurt.

July 13 2009


More Refreshing than a Dip in the Pool

July 13 2009


Obama and "Energy Independence"

July 8 2009


What Is the Purpose of Marriage?

July 6 2009


Million Dollar Ad Campaign in Nebraska

July 2 2009


How Much Time Does Forgiveness Take?

July 1 2009


Hadley Heath on "Cavuto on Business"

May 16 2012


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

May 14 2012


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

May 7 2012


Hadley Heath on FOX News "Happening Now"

May 4 2012


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

April 26 2012


Hadley Heath on GBTV's "Real News"

April 26 2012


Hadley Heath on GBTV's "Real News"

April 17 2012


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

April 13 2012


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

March 20 2012


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

March 9 2012


Hadley Heath on Family Policy Matters dicussing "Welfare vs. Charity"

February 29 2012


‘Where Are the Women’ on the Mandate?

February 29 2012


‘Where Are the Women? Here We Are!’: Female Experts Speak Out Against Obamacare Contraceptives Rule

February 29 2012


Buerkle, others bash contraception mandate

February 28 2012


Women Speak Out: Obamacare Mandate Tramples on Religious Liberty

February 28 2012


Women Speak Out: Obamacare Tramples Religious Liberty

February 28 2012


Senior Policy Analyst Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

February 17 2012


Hadley Heath on Al-Jazeera English: Is there a war on women's health?

February 6 2012


Senior Policy Analyst Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

February 6 2012


Senior Policy Analyst Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"

January 30 2012


Does Newt Gingrich Attacking the Media Protect Him?

January 23 2012


Hadley Heath and Eric Kohn on the Guy Benson Show

December 21 2011


Hadley Heath on FoxNews.com

December 12 2011


Questioning Romney's Strategy?

December 1 2011


IWF in the News: A Capital Itinerary

August 8 2011


CBN News: Insurance Waivers Reignite Health Care Law Debate

July 19 2011


The Mike Schikman Show: Rationing Board Spells Doom for Medicare

July 19 2011


CBN News: White House to Stop Issuing Health Law Waivers

June 29 2011


IWF in the News: Bachmann: 'Legitimate Candidate' or a Long Shot?

June 15 2011


CBN News: The Economy and the 2012 Race

June 12 2011


PJTV: Obamacare Surprise!

June 8 2011


Coffee and Markets: Challenging Obamacare

June 2 2011


What's Up with Terry Lowry: Are Christian Conservatives Wrong to Cut Spending for Social Programs?

May 31 2011


FOX and Friends: Is Palin Running for President 2012?

May 30 2011


The Troy Derengowski Show: Obamacare and Current Events

May 5 2011


The Center For Individual Freedom: The Full Story on ObamaCare

April 15 2011


Politics on the Edge: Equal Pay Day

April 15 2011


IWF in the News: Are Obamacare's Health-insurance Exchange Requirements Unconstitutional?

March 9 2011


IWF in the News: Vinson's Stay: Another Victory

March 1 2011


The Andy Caldwell Show: America Needs Kitchen-Table Budgeting

February 28 2011


IWF in the News: Analyst:Palin-less CPAC May Help Keep Focus More On Issues

February 9 2011


The Andy Caldwell Show: The Great Lie About Social Security

February 8 2011


The Other Side with Charles Butler: Judge Vinson's Ruling on ObamaCare

February 3 2011


The Raffelle Report: Judge Vinson's Ruling on ObamaCare

February 1 2011


The Andy Caldwell Show: Federal Judge in Florida: Obamacare Unconstitutional!

February 1 2011


RTV: Social Security and the Budget

January 24 2011


The Andy Caldwell Show: Teachers Should Think Twice Before Supporting Obamacare

December 21 2010


The Marc Cox Show: The New Tax Deal

December 12 2010


IWF in the News: Obamacare: More for Women, Nothing for Men

December 11 2010


IWF in the News: Does Obamacare Discriminate Against Men?

December 10 2010


Mr. President, Please Stop Subsidizing College

May 7 2012


Millennials — Much Is at Stake With Health Care

March 28 2012


IPAB: A Lesson in Governing Poorly

March 22 2012


Feminists Distorting the HHS Mandate

March 13 2012


Women Speak Out: ObamaCare Tramples Religious Liberty

February 27 2012


Government Charity Isn't Charity

December 29 2011


Appreciating Women's Influence This Holiday Season

November 29 2011


Millennials’ Choice: To Occupy or Not to Occupy?

November 1 2011


Reconsider Hiding Out in Grad School

September 24 2011


For Youth, Slow Economy Means 'No We Can't'

August 31 2011


ObamaCare's Rationing Board Spells Doom for Medicare

July 12 2011


The Individual Mandate: ObamaCare's Weakest Link

June 15 2011


IWF in the News: Bachmann: 'Legitimate Candidate' or a Long Shot?

June 15 2011


Constituting America Essay on Amendment XIII

June 6 2011


Stop Wasting Money Implementing What Might Be an Unconstitutional Law

May 10 2011


Uncle Sam Can Help Women by Simplifying and Lowering Taxes

April 19 2011


Politics on the Edge: Equal Pay Day

April 15 2011


Let's Reform Welfare for the Sake of the Poor

April 5 2011


Health-Care Reform and Women

March 24 2011


America Needs Kitchen-Table Budgeting

February 22 2011


IWF in the News: Analyst:Palin-less CPAC May Help Keep Focus More On Issues

February 9 2011


"Don't Tell Me Words Don't Matter."

January 25 2011


State of the Union - If Only...

January 25 2011


Why Doctors Will Support ObamaCare Repeal

January 19 2011


IWF in the News: Obamacare: More for Women, Nothing for Men

December 11 2010


Women's Wish List to Uncle Sam

November 30 2010


Oh, BrownCare

November 19 2010


An Uninformed Vote Disrespects Suffragettes and our Founding Fathers

November 2 2010


Why the Wooing Won't Work

October 27 2010


Policy Paper No. 32: The Impact of Health Reform on Businesses

October 13 2010


Stiletto Nation: A Fight for All Our Futures

October 6 2010


Obamacare is Making Businesses Sick

October 5 2010


Not All Jobs are Created Equal

September 24 2010


Raising Taxes is Not the Solution to the Budget Problem

September 15 2010


Senator Reidl

August 12 2010


Taxed to Death... And Then Death-Taxed

August 10 2010


A Freeze on Families?

August 10 2009