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How to Spend Billions of Dollars and Get Nothing in Return – Interview
Priceless – Curing the Healthcare Crisis (Updated Second Edition), by John C. Goodman, Independent Institute, 392 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1-59-813395-0, $28.95, amazon.com (Hardcover) John C. Goodman, co-publisher of Health Care News, known as the “father of health savings accounts,” is releasing a second edition of his 2012 groundbreaking book, Priceless – Curing the Healthcare Crisis.…
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Georgia Medicaid Work Program Stays Afloat, One Year Out
Georgia is the only state that requires some able-bodied adults to work to qualify for Medicaid, in a program that has reached its one-year anniversary, despite the opposition of the Biden administration. Under the Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved waivers allowing states to condition Medicaid benefits for nondisabled adults…
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Fixing Social Problems to Improve Health a Waste of Time, Money—Study
Research supporting the Biden administration’s favored “social determinants of health” theory of “health equity” is flimsy, according to a study from the Manhattan Institute. The doctrine is being pushed through Medicaid. In February, Vox reported that six states will be part of a pilot program providing six months of rental assistance to Medicaid enrollees. On…
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Family Estrangement Therapy Is a New Treatment Trend
A mental health crisis in adolescents and young adults that has been growing since the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to estrangement from family members on the recommendation of licensed mental health professionals. Online therapists, in particular, are encouraging this social response to mental distress. The New York Times profiled a college student who disengaged from her parents…
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Project 2025 Faces Backlash
The national Democratic Party and the media have focused their attention on a conservative plan for America’s future developed by the Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 is a program focused on policy recommendations, and recruitment and training of personnel, for a potential Republican presidential administration. The project includes a policy document, Mandate for Leadership, which the…
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Appeals Court Rules Physicians Can Assert Their First Amendment Rights
A federal appeals court ruled physicians have standing to sue specialty boards that threaten their constitutionally protected speech, in one of several cases alleging censorship. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit remanded to a district court a lawsuit by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) that alleges federal agencies and…
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Biden, Trump Agree on Alternative to Employer Health Plans
President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw from consideration as a candidate for president, voicing his support for Vice President Kamala Harris to be nominated by the Democratic Party instead. As Biden’s time as president winds down, distinctions are drawn between the policies his administration enacted and those implemented during the term of his…
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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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