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Presidential Election Seen as Referendum on Health Care
A new analysis predicts health care could be a campaign weapon for Democrats in a tight presidential race, with the media already stressing stark differences between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on the issue. The two have already sparred over health insurance. Trump said Harris wants to outlaw private health insurance, and Harris responded by…
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Michael Bloomberg Gives $1 Billion for Free Medical School
Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University in July will make tuition free for most medical students, covering the full cost of attendance, including tuition and living expenses, such as rent, according to a report from the university. Presumably, Bloomberg wants to alleviate the doctor shortage in the United States by lowering or…
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Lawmakers Demand Answers on Widespread Obamacare Fraud
A report examining misstatements of income by individuals applying for Obamacare to qualify for bigger federal subsidies has garnered congressional interest. The report, “The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud,” by Brian Blase and Drew Gonshorowski, published by the Paragon Health Institute, traces the problem to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which increased payments to Affordable Care…
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Judge Denies Gag Order on Wrongful Death Depositions
A judge is allowing the release of deposition transcripts and audio files in the wrongful death case of a young woman who died in a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic because of an unauthorized do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Grace Schara, a 19-year-old with Down’s Syndrome, died at St. Elizabeth’s (Ascension) Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin several days…
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Secularized Medicine Harms Doctors, Patients—Book Review
Review of Missional Medicine—Restoring the Soul of Medicine, Mark B. Blocher, M.D., 2022, 175 pages, ISBN 9781792383069, $20, amazon.com (Paperback) Imagine if you were about to undergo a major surgical procedure, and your surgeon came in and asked if you wanted to pray first, or have a serious conversation about the state of your soul? Today’s…
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“Health Equity” Will Destroy North Carolina’s Medical Schools
Surveying American institutions, one searches in earnest for even a few organizations or systems that progressives have been unable to control. News story after news story confirms that indeed that one, that one, and, yes, that one too have all succumbed to ideological capture. Naïfs like myself once held out hope for science and mathematics. How could geometry be racist…
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What Are the Major Presidential Candidates’ Plans for Health Care? – Interview
Politics may overshadow the issues in the November presidential election, but health care is on the minds of most voters. Twila Brase, president, and co-founder of the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, spoke with Health Care NewsManaging Editor AnneMarie Schieber about the crucial health care issues for a new administration and what reform could look…
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North Carolina Medicaid Expansion Tops 450,000 Enrollees
North Carolina has picked up 450,000 new Medicaid enrollees in the first six months since becoming the 41st state to expand Medicaid. The state’s Department of Health and Human Services reports nearly 6 percent more of the state’s population has enrolled in Medicaid since the legislature, on December 1, 2023, approved Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget,…
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FDA Blocks Better Sunblocks – Commentary
Thanks in part to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Americans do not have access to all sunscreens The United States is in the full throes of summer. After a rainy spring, summer arrived in my home state of Texas a couple of months ago. The sun has burned off the cloud cover, and my…
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Hospitals Are Responsible for Rising Health Care Prices—Report
New data shows hospitals are responsible for escalating health care prices, due to the lack of market incentives to curb costs. A growing number of Americans are having difficulty paying their medical bills, due to rising health care prices. In response, some states are using tax dollars to help consumers pay off big medical bills,…
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