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The GOP’s Option to Fix Medicare Is Right in Front of Their Eyes – Commentary
Following the federal government shutdown, health care, Medicaid, and Medicare have again surged to the forefront of national debate. Amidst all the finger-pointing, one truth is clear: America’s health care system remains bloated, costly, and unsustainable. For years, Republicans have excelled at identifying what’s wrong but have struggled to offer practical, free-market alternatives. Ironically, one…
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Hospitals Spending Billions on New Construction
Hospital construction is experiencing a boom as the trend of consolidation of medical facilities continues, particularly in urban centers, even as most markets are experiencing net closures. An October 27 article in Becker’s Hospital Review, for example, cited 13 hospital construction projects in 2025 worth at least $1 billion each. IBIS World, in an October…
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For the First Time, CDC Acknowledges Vaccine-Autism Link
For the First Time, CDC Acknowledges Vaccine-Autism Link Possibility By Ashley Bateman On November 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its website to address questions regarding the relationship between vaccines and autism. “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the…
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Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions
Continuing the efforts from his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump called for rescheduling marijuana to a Schedule III drug, which will remove a variety of regulatory and investment hurdles, to expand marijuana usage in the United States. “While this action does not resolve every regulatory hurdle, it meaningfully advances the conversation around…
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What the United States Can Learn from Canada’s MAID – Patient Activist
On December 5, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill making Illinois the 12th state in the United States to legalize medically assisted suicide. The United States can learn from Canada’s expansion of “medical assistance in dying (MAID)” over the past 10 years, says Amanda Achtman, patient advocate and creator of the website, “Dying To Meet…
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CMS Creates Rural Health Grants to Improve Market Competition
By December 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will announce how it will distribute the $50 billion Congress approved this summer for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act CMS says 50 percent of the funds will be distributed equally among the states it approves. The…
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Euthanasia Becomes More Mainstream in Canada – United States, Next?
Canadians are expressing outrage over the increased normalization of medical-assisted suicide in the country’s single-payer system. Numerous families have reported physicians and nurse practitioners pressuring loved ones into suicide through a practice known colloquially as “medical assistance in dying” or MAID. Benjamin Turland told The Loop about the intense grief he felt when both his…
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Ag Department Air-Drops Vaccines to Control Rabies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun airdropping rabies vaccines into fields in several states as part of an ongoing campaign to reduce the spread of the disease in wild animals. The USDA conducted operations in northeastern and mid-Atlantic states starting this summer, followed by drops in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and…
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Organ Donor Retractions Rise in Wake of Government, Media Investigations
A series of investigative articles and government reform initiatives over the summer has resulted in a record-breaking number of organ donors exiting the system. Several articles published over the summer called nationwide attention to allegations of major inconsistencies and problems within the organ procurement industry. In July 2025, a New York Times news article described…
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Longing for the Days of Indemnity-Style Health Insurance – Commentary
Obamacare plans have reached the edge of a cliff. The U.S. government has shut down because Democrats and Republicans disagree on how much taxpayers should subsidize premiums. Health care is a service, not an entitlement, so why should taxpayers have to support any of it, except for the neediest? Does the government help Americans pay…
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