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Are New Cases of Measles Causing Undue Concern?
Outbreaks of measles and other diseases are causing alarm in the media and public health circles, but public health critics say the risks are exaggerated. For example, Washington Post columnist Leana Wen, M.D., former Baltimore Health Commissioner and president of Planned Parenthood, criticized Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo for his ho-hum response to the “burgeoning…
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Measles, TB Outbreaks Prompt Calls to Vaccinate Migrants
An Exclusive From the Washington Examiner By Anna Biaritelli The Biden administration is no longer vaccinating migrants in custody at the southern border ahead of their release into the United States, according to the federal agency and a vaccine provider contracted by the U.S. government. The federal government rolled back its flu and COVID-19 vaccination…
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Germany Allows Parents to Change Their Baby’s Gender – Commentary
By Sarah Holliday When it comes to gender politics, many in the opposition acknowledge that adults have the ability to choose for themselves whether they pursue hormone therapy or body-mutilating operations, because adults can better weigh the risks of their decisions. Children, on the other hand, are quite different from adults. Opponents of gender ideology…
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Should Antidepressants Be Sold Over the Counter?
Psychiatrist and Harvard Medical School professor Roy Perlis, M.D., argues for changing the status of some antidepressants from prescription to over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, in a commentary published by Stat News. Perlis says that, just like the OTC oral contraceptive Opill, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Prozac and Zoloft are safe and meet a…
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Old Laws Can Force Children to Pay Parents’ Medical Debts
A Pennsylvania state legislator is trying to amend the state’s filial responsibility law, which compels adult children or family members to pay for medical bills when a patient passes away or can’t afford their long-term care. State Rep. Kristine Howard (D-Malvern) introduced H.B. 2094, which would restrict corporate nursing homes’ legal right to sue the…
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Poll: Voters Support HSAs for Obamacare Enrollees
A substantial majority of voters, regardless of party, support offering a Health Savings Account (HSAs) to individuals and families with Obamacare policies, a poll by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) finds. The poll measured support for provisions of the ACCESS Act, H.R. 5608, introduced by Reps. Greg Steube (R-FL) and Kat Cammack (R-FL). The bill would…
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To Save Hospitals, States Should Resist Medicaid Expansion
By Hayden Dublois and Michael Griebrok It’s been 10 years since Obamacare went into effect, and 10 states still refuse to accept its Medicaid expansion. Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and the other holdouts face pressure to do so, especially after North Carolina folded last year, taking billions of dollars in federal taxpayer money in exchange for putting…
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States Using Tax Dollars to Pay Off Consumer Medical Debt
Seventeen states have acted to reduce or eliminate the burden on consumers of rising medical debt, according to an opinion article in Governing. The average medical debt owed by households was $18,660 in 2021, says David Kendall of Third Way, a center-left think tank. “Unfortunately, having health insurance is no guarantee of financial protection,” wrote…
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Congress Considers Bill to Prohibit DEI at Medical Schools
Legislation to ban race-based mandates in medical schools has been introduced in both houses of Congress. U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced identical versions of the Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act (H.R. 7725/S. 4115) in the House of Representatives and Senate, on March…
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Biden Administration Probes Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care
In an ironic turn, the federal government, which regulates much of health care, is taking steps to investigate why the industry is so uncompetitive. Teaming up with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Justice launched an online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, the agencies say…
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