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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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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Menthol Tobacco Ban Delayed Again
Menthol tobacco ban delayed again by Biden Administration; lacks any scientific justification, targets blacks, doesn’t deter smoking. By Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D. In April 2022, the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to ban all menthol cigarettes and cigars. In December 2023, after several civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, expressed concerns about…
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Small Firms Introduce More Drugs at Lower Costs—Report
Drug price controls in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will not stymie the introduction of new products, because innovative drugs are increasingly being developed and marketed by smaller companies with less capital and revenue than Big Pharma, according to the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP). A report by Gregg Girvan, FREOPP health care…
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States Expand Pharmacists’ Prescribing Authority
Colorado, Idaho, and Montana have broadly expanded the prescribing authority of pharmacists to make health care more accessible and to lower costs, a new report states. Expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice can decrease the burden on emergency departments and help cover physician shortages for basic care, especially in rural areas, because pharmacists are more numerous…
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Medigap Increases Medical Consumption and Drives Up Costs—Study
Medicare enrollees who purchase Medigap insurance spend an average of $2,300 more annually on health care than those who don’t, according to the authors of a Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) study. In an MRDRC working paper titled “Insurance Purchases of Older Americans,” funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), University of…
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Does Medicare Underpay Physicians?
There is a shortage of physicians in the United States. There is especially a shortage of primary care physicians willing to treat Medicare enrollees. People nearing the age of Medicare eligibility are often advised to begin searching for a primary care physician who accepts Medicare a year in advance. Based on data published in 2020, the…
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