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TikTok Therapists Promote Family Estrangement Therapy to Young People
TikTok therapists promote family estrangement therapy to young people as a step toward happiness, in a social media fad. by Devon Herrick Public health advocates report there is a growing mental health crisis among young people, especially since covid. One outcome of mental health challenges is an emerging therapeutic estrangement fad on social media. I’m…
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Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs Will Impact Presidential Election
Health care affordability has implications for the 2024 presidential election, says Drew Altman, president of KFF. In a recent article, Altman says the most important issue in health care for consumers is out-of-pocket costs. For example, between a quarter and a half of all Americans report real problems paying their medical bills, depending on how…
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‘It’s Going to Be Catastrophic’: Why the Next Pandemic Will Be Worse Than COVID
The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans to prepare for the next pandemic, which he fears will be more catastrophic than COVID-19. From the Daily Signal, July 8, 2024, by Rob Bluey Dr. Robert Redfield, a virologist who continues to treat patients suffering from COVID, oversaw the CDC’s…
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Health Care Can Be Fixed with Commonsense Solutions – Commentary
Since most of the restrictions were created by Democratic legislation, it is tempting to view the liberation of health care as a Republican project. Yet there is no reason that it couldn’t be bipartisan. The reforms suggested below are not conservative or liberal, Democratic or Republican. They are commonsense solutions that will appeal to the…
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HSA Pioneer David Boaz, R.I.P.
David Boaz, a leading libertarian thinker and the driving force behind the Cato Institute for more than four decades, lost his battle with cancer on June 7 at the age of 70. Boaz was a pioneer of the health savings account concept, says John Goodman, co-publisher of Health Care News and founder of the Goodman Institute…
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Obamacare Discrimination Rule Sparks Pushback from States
Starting July 5, health care entities in the United States will be banned from discriminating against patients not just on race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability but also on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Many People on Medicaid During Pandemic Thought They Were Uninsured
The suspension of Medicaid eligibility requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic created confusion among both Medicaid recipients and government officials over who was enrolled in the program, according to a new report by Health Affairs. “Continuous coverage” was the term coined by Congress that allowed low-income people enrolling in Medicaid, beginning in March 2020, to remain…
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SMOKING GUN: HHS Focuses on ‘Anti-Racism,’ Contrary to Becerra’s Denials
SMOKING GUN: HHS Focuses on ‘Anti-Racism,’ Contrary to Becerra’s public denials, documents show. by Tyler O’Neil The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden has received multiple recommendations to implement “anti-racism” in policy based on the premise that America suffers from “systemic racism,” even though HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra publicly denied…
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Chevron Decision Reins in Regulators
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old legal precedent that forced judges to defer to federal agencies in interpreting ambiguously written federal statutes. The landmark decision in Loper Bright Enterprise v. Raimondo on June 28 limited the authority of federal agencies, that set rules governing almost every aspect of Americans’ lives. By a six-to-three margin,…
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HHS Urged Crackdown on ‘So-Called’ Whistleblowers Exposing Gender Medicine
An office of the Department of Health and Human Services that enforces medical privacy laws expressed concern last summer that “so-called” whistleblowers had exposed “gender-affirming care,” shortly after a surgeon disclosed that Texas Children’s Hospital was secretly transitioning children. Official video of an HHS committee meeting in July 2023 sheds light on the Biden administration’s agenda just days before…
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