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Truly Voluntary Medicare Will Bring Down Health Costs for All – Interviews
As Congress grapples with how to cut health care spending by $880 billion in the next budget, one move that could permanently bring down costs in both the public and private sectors is to decouple Medicare from Social Security, says Twila Brase, president, and co-founder of the Citizens Council for Health Freedom. Brase spoke with…
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Measles Outbreak Sparks National Concern
A limited outbreak of measles in Texas has received nearly daily media attention, with 200 cases confirmed as of March 10 and one child and one adult having died with the disease. Alarm grew after a case not associated with the Texas outbreak was confirmed in Maryland. The patient had recently traveled internationally through Washington…
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Seasonal Influenza Levels Remain Elevated, CDC Reports
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the current winter presented unusually high flu risk. The winter was “classified as a high severity season overall and for all age groups (children, adults, older adults) and is the first high severity season since 2017-2018,” the agency of the Department of Health and Human Services…
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State AGs Take Legal Action Against Fauci in Wake of Pardon
Attorneys general from 17 states are preparing to take legal action against Dr. Anthony Fauci for his conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a February 5 letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the state AGs offered their cooperation in further investigations of the nation’s response to COVID-19…
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Government Policies Have Made Americans Anti-Vaxx – Commentary
By John Droz Jr. on the history of vaccine policy. On March 2, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a “call to action” after the death of a child with measles in Texas. Kennedy urged parents to consult with their physicians about the MMR vaccine, which covers mumps, measles, and rubella,…
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Big Pharma Meets with President, Questions Remain
A much-anticipated February 20 meeting between President Donald Trump and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry ended without the companies getting a firm commitment from the new administration that it will scale back provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that force manufacturers to negotiate lower prices for certain widely used prescription drugs. The president…
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President Creates Commission to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) establishing a commission to “Make America Healthy Again.” The February 13 order identifies multiple areas for reform and directs the creation of a panel of agencies to enact research and policy plans. The order directs the government to “aggressively combat the critical health challenges facing our citizens,…
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CMS Signals Review of IRA Drug Price Negotiation Program
The Trump administration signaled Medicare drug price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed in 2022 by former President Joe Biden may undergo a reexamination to add greater transparency and possibly other reforms. A 125-word news release on January 29, 2025, stated that lowering drug prices is a “top priority” for President Trump, who…
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Company Offers Supplemental Health Insurance for Direct Primary Care
Atlas Direct, is offering supplemental insurance for people who use direct primary care and those looking for a limited alternative coverage to pricey Obamacare plans. Atlas Direct launched on December 3 and is now available in 13 states: Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.…
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California Nurse Practitioners Fight Practice Restrictions
The California Board of Registered Nursing is construing a five-year-old state licensing law for nurse practitioners (NPs) in a way that violates the law’s original intent, say attorneys for NPs challenging the law. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 890 in 2020 to encourage more people to become nurse practitioners, by protecting opportunities for…
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