John Stossel: ’15 Days to Slow the Spread’

Four years ago, government officials told us, "Stay home!" We have "15 days to slow the spread." Days turned into months and then years, while...

Michigan Requires Coverage of Expensive Cancer Therapies

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) issued a bulletin reminding health insurance companies they are bound by Michigan law to cover...

White House Pressured Amazon to Ban Books on COVID-19 as ‘Misinformation’

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) revealed documents showing the White House pressured Amazon to censor books related to the COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021,...

Georgia Senate Passes Certificate of Need Reforms

Georgia Senate passes certificate of need reform measure that would increase access to facilities by expanding exemptions to CON law. By T.A. DeFeo (The Center Square)...

Doctors Challenge AMA’s Push on Vaccines

The COVID-19 public health emergency, during which the government put a heavy emphasis on the technology of vaccines, was a pivotal moment in government...

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Social Media Censorship Laws By Harry Painter

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in February regarding Florida and Texas laws designed to stem big tech bias against conservatives. The laws, both passed...

To Save Medicare, Build on What Works – Commentary

By Joe Albanese (From the Washington Examiner) Politicians usually avoid proposing changes to Medicare in an election year, but the program’s rising costs and expected insolvency within the next five...

Misunderstood, Maligned Medical Advantage – Commentary

A missed phone call costs a Medicare Advantage plan $190 million. When does the failure to answer a phone call in 8 seconds cost the...

Medicare Advantage Plans Face Payment Cuts

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is changing the method it uses to calculate payments to Medicare Advantage (MA)...

Congress Mulls Tackling Abuses of 340B Drug Discount Program

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is seeking feedback on a controversial program that requires drug makers to sell discounted drugs to hospitals and...

Did Discounted Drugs Under 340B Prompt Hospital to Cancel Independent Doctors?

A group of cancer doctors is considering its next legal step in a case that sheds more light on the 340B government drug program...

Clinicians Demand Gender Care Textbook Be Withdrawn

Expressing “grave concerns,” a group of over 6,000 clinicians, scientists, and researchers signed an open letter calling on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to...

Biden Administration Takes Steps to Reform ‘Prior Authorization’

The Biden administration finalized a new rule on how insurers can use prior authorization (PA), a practice aimed at reducing unnecessary treatment, but a...

Corporate Medicine, Physician Licensure a Bad Deal for Patients

Devin Herrick, Ph.D. (devonherrick@sbcglobal.net) is a health care economist. Physician licensure has created a cartel—there, I said it out loud. The right to practice medicine has...

New Mexico Bill Would Fund DEI Program to Combat Healthcare Shortage

A New Mexico bill advancing in the House aims to address a major healthcare worker shortage by giving $1.1 million to a university diversity,...

Families File Lawsuit over Hospital COVID-19 Treatment

Two widows who lost their husbands after they were given remdesivir filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Ramsey County District Court in Minnesota against...

Kansas Governor Makes Another Attempt to Expand Medicaid

Kansas may become the 42nd state in the nation to expand its Medicaid program. Gov. Laura Kelly (D) proposed the Cutting Healthcare Costs for All...

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AnneMarie Schieber is a research fellow at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Health Care News, Heartland's monthly newspaper for health care reform.