On hand for the thoughtful doings: Helen M. Alvare, George Mason University law professor; the Rev. Derek McCoy, executive vice president, Center for Urban Renewal and Education; William Mattox, director of the J. Stanley Marshall Center for Educational Options at James Madison Institute; Henry Olsen, senior fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Israel Ortega, spokesperson for the LIBRE Initiative. The 90-minute event will be livestreamed at 10 a.m. EDT at Heritage.org.

At the James Madison Institute, we spend a great deal of time reviewing health care policies to consider the impacts each law may have. We understand health care is a complex issue, requiring policymakers across the political spectrum to make difficult decisions.

Within the health care debate, we have identified five essential elements that policymakers should require in any legislation that reaches President Trump’s desk.

But if Florida’s 2017 legislative session is any indication, even some of the milder efforts to offer more learning options to students around the country will be met with unhinged, over-the-top, hyperbolic opposition from the education establishment. Witness what happened in the Sunshine State leading up to the governor signing a forward-thinking education reform measure that will help children in struggling schools.