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Seniors Love Going to the Doctor – Commentary
Visiting the doctor is often an exercise in inconvenience. I once read that when you include travel time, waiting time, filling out paperwork, waiting in the exam room, and talking with the office nurse, that 15 minutes of face time with your doctor takes up about three hours out of your day. That sounds a…
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Texas Supreme Court OKs Future Execution in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case
A medical expert’s testimony on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) in a 2003 capital murder trial in Texas and the state’s “junk science” law have played a prominent role in legal maneuvers to stop a scheduled execution. Robert L. Roberson, age 58, received the death penalty for the capital murder of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis,…
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Biden Admin Spurred Higher Drug Medicare Premiums, Fewer Choices
Seniors perusing the offerings during the most recent Medicare Enrollment Period saw that not only were prescription drug plan premiums higher, but their choices of plans were fewer. Data compiled by Ed Haislmaier, a health care policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, and Joel White, the president of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage show…
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Popular R&B Artist Spotlights Murky Health Care Pricing
Before voters reelected Donald Trump, a music artist had been promoting a Trump health reform from his first administration – transparency in hospital pricing. Starting in 2022, R&B artist Fat Joe has been pitching “Power to the Patients.” The public interest campaign calls for the enforcement of Trump’s rule requiring hospitals to post prices for…
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Biden’s Short-Term Plan Limit Could Face Lawsuit: Panel
The “ping-ponging” of rules on short-term limited duration health insurance (STLDI)is wreaking havoc on underwriting in the insurance markets, said panelists in a discussion hosted by the Cato Institute on October 15, 2024. The focus of the discussion was President Biden’s new rule limiting the duration and renewability of STLDI. President-elect Donald Trump or a…
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Texas Doctors Could Lose Licenses for Child Transgender Treatments
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against transgender activist physicians who prescribed transition medications to minors after state law forbade the practice. Paxton filed lawsuits, the first of their kind, against three doctors between October 17 and November 4, for allegedly treating children with gender transition drugs after the practice was banned…
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Military Explores Light Therapy for Brain Injuries
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is taking steps to explore how noninvasive, nondrug light therapy can help military members and veterans recover from traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Transcranial photobiomodulation (PBM) uses red- and near-infrared light rays to stimulate mitochondria to restore cell function. The technology is rapidly showing promise in treating a variety of…
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Genetic Data of 15 Million People May Be Up for Sale – Interview
The popular ancestry-tracing company 23andMe may be up for sale, CEO Anne Wojcicki says, putting 15 million customers’ genetic data up for grabs. The acquisition will include the legal rights for the purchaser to do virtually anything with the data. The company recently paid out $30 million in a settlement over a data breach. Keith…
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Gates Faces Dutch Lawsuit over COVID-19 Shots
Billionaire Bill Gates is facing charges in the Netherlands brought by seven people who allege they were harmed by the COVID-19 injections the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation promoted. A judge ruled on October 16 that the Dutch court had jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit against Gates, an American citizen. Other defendants include Albert Bourla,…
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Will Republicans Try Again to Repeal Obamacare?
Now that Donald Trump won the popular and electoral vote and captured majorities in the House and Senate, the prospect of repealing Obamacare is back on the table. But the Republicans’ razor-thin majority in the House and their 53-47 margin in the new Senate make a sweeping overhaul of Obamacare unlikely, say analysts. Furthermore, Obamacare…
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