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  • Biden Administration Eager to Sign WHO Pandemic Treaty

    The Biden administration signaled its support for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new pandemic treaty expected to be finalized at its World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, the final week of May. Pamela Hamamoto, the State Department official representing the United States at the meeting, stated that “America is committed to signing the treaty that will…

  • Washington State Voters Could Nix Long-Term Care Tax

    Washington state’s mandatory long-term care (LTC) insurance program, WA Cares, and the payroll tax that funds it will become optional if voters approve a citizen’s initiative in November. WA Cares was authorized by a law enacted in 2019, and the state began collecting a 0.58 percent payroll tax on all wage income on July 1,…

  • FTC Ban on Non-Competes Seen as a Plus for Doctors, Patients

    Employers will no longer be able to require doctors and other health care workers to sign non-competition agreements (NCA) after a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule banning all NCAs takes effect on September 4. NCAs prevent physicians, nurses, and therapists employed by large health care providers and hospitals from moving to a competitor or establishing…

  • FTC’s Noncompete Ban is Good for Health Care but Legal Challenges to Come – Commentary

    The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) announcement that it plans to ban noncompete agreements in all industries is a welcome relief to many professionals in health care. Two physicians in my family relocated to small towns after they were recruited to join other practices. Both uprooted their families to move hundreds of miles away. Ultimately, neither move…

  • The New York Times Admits Injuries from COVID-19 Shots

    The COVID-19 shots have caused multiple, serious injuries, an article in The New York Times acknowledged on May 4. It is the first time the self-described newspaper of record has reported on the severe side effects from the vaccines, since the massive inoculation campaign that went into full swing starting in January 2021. The article…

  • Biden and Trump Differ Widely on Health Care Reform

    Although he rarely talks about it, the most significant gift President Donald Trump bequeathed to economic prosperity was deregulation. And the one sector that was deregulated more than any other was health care. Since Joe Biden has been re-regulating the economy, it’s hard to think of a starker contrast between the two leading presidential candidates this year—and…

  • Analysis of the 2024 Medicare Trustees’ Report

    Analysis of the 2024 Medicare Trustees’ Report shows the Hospital Trust Fund will reach insolvency in 2036, says CRFB. by Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports detailing the current and future financial status of the trust funds. (Our analysis of the Social Security Trustees report…

  • UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Children, France Could Be Next

    UK Bans Puberty Blockers for Children, France Could Be Next

    Massive changes are occurring across Europe in the matter of “gender affirming” care for children. In March, Britain’s National Health Service announced it would no longer cover puberty blockers for teens, and there are indications France could be next. A landmark Dutch study that concluded that most kids outgrow gender confusion was released in April.…

  • Documentary Examines Big Medicine, Anti-Depressants, and Suicide – Film Review

    Documentary Examines Big Medicine, Anti-Depressants, and Suicide – Film Review

    By Bonner Russell Cohen and AnneMarie Schieber Review of SICK: Unmasking Big Medicine (Daily Caller News Foundation), 52 minutes, 2024 The public health establishment’s response to COVID-19—prolonged lockdowns and school closures, vaccines that provided no immunity and didn’t stop transmission, and mask mandates that served no public health function—came as a rude awakening to many…

  • Private Equity Skirts Malpractice Laws in Texas

    A medical malpractice lawsuit claims the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center (UT Tyler) fraudulently hires physicians as medical school professors to protect them from malpractice litigation. The lawsuit claims Ruben Garcia, M.D., failed to share a cancer diagnosis with patient Michael Simington, aged 67, for a year and a half, costing Simington…

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