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Nebraska Town Says CON Laws Are Blocking Nursing Home Care
The people of Butte, Nebraska say the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws are saving nursing home care in their community. The Butte Senior Living Facility closed in April 2025 when its owner, Accura HealthCare, decided to shut down the facility. The town, with a population of 274, is now trying to find a solution…
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Congress Considers Three-Year Auto-Enrollment in Medicare Advantage
A bill before Congress would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to automatically enroll newly eligible citizens into a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan with a mandatory three-year enrollment. H.R. 3467, sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), would amend the Medicare Advantage Reform Act to mandate automatic MA enrollment for plan years on or…
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Man Admits to Medicaid Fraud—and That’s Not the Worst Part – Commentary
KFF health news correspondent Katheryn Houghton posted a fascinating article on a Montana man who admits to an ongoing fraud against Medicaid. I rail against health care fraud. I edited and published a 500-page book full of examples of rapacious health care fraud and government indifference. What this guy is doing is clearly illegal. I would rather he stop. Yet I’m not sure I could vote…
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Lawsuit Challenges New COVID-19 Shot Recommendation
A federal lawsuit filed by multiple major medical groups is challenging vaccination guideline changes initiated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, several other medical organizations, and an anonymous physician filed…
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Congress Considers Repealing Vaccine Makers’ Lawsuit Protections in Public Emergencies
A bill currently before Congress would restore federal and state civil remedy protections for those harmed by vaccines and other products in a Presidentially-declared emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The PREP Repeal Act (H.R. 4388), introduced on July 15 by U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), would end blanket immunity for…
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Showdown at the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force – Commentary
Reports began circulating this July that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). (See related article, page 1). The task force is an all-volunteer group of experts who make recommendations about which preventive services Americans should receive. Preventive services—think immunizations,…
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Future of U.S. Prevention Task Force in Question as Kennedy Cancels Meeting
A meeting cancellation has raised speculation over what Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has in store for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) The task force is an advisory panel that recommends what preventive services health insurers must cover fully under the Affordable Care Act. The task force was scheduled…
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Study: Illegal Immigrants Are Costing Texas Hospitals $122 Million Per Month
Texas hospitals spent $121.8 million in November 2024 on health care for individuals in the United States illegally, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) reports. Noncitizens without legal status made more than 31,000 hospital visits across Texas that month alone, the report states. The data was collected in compliance with Gov. Greg Abbott’s…
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ICE Uses Medicaid Enrollee Data to Facilitate Deportations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using Medicaid enrollment data to facilitate deportations of people illegally in the United States. A coalition of 20 states, mostly Democrat-run, is suing the federal government to prevent ICE from accessing Medicaid enrollee data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Plaintiffs include California, Colorado, and…
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Illegal Immigrants Will Have Health Care Options – Interview
The era of “free health care” for people not living lawfully in the United States is waning as states such as California, Illinois, and Minnesota begin to pause or eliminate Medicaid enrollment for this population. Fourteen states and Washington, DC provide coverage for low-income immigrant children, and seven of those states and DC cover eligible…
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