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Government Is Awful at Insurance – and Certainly Shouldn’t Be Rewriting Policies
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -You don’t want government anywhere near any insurance policies you purchase. -
Where’s the “Science” That Governor Newsom Continues to Preach?
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -California Governor Gavin Newsom needs to show actual science if he continues to shut down California's economy. -
Failures of an Influential COVID-19 Model Used to Justify Lockdowns
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -Professor Neil Ferguson, who led the COVID-19 modeling team at Imperial College in London, resigned May 5 from his government advisory role after breaking the very same British lockdown rules that he had a role in influencing. -
Public Health Agencies Care More About Controlling You Than Prepping for Pandemics
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -What were public health officials at every level of government doing last year? Were they preparing for a pandemic? Or were they using their office to meddle with your lifestyle choices? -
Covid Confusion
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -Fudged figures and muddled modules highlight the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Challenges and a Coronavirus Vaccine
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -President Trump recently announced “Operation Warp Speed,” a plan for a novel coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. -
Markets and Medicines
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -Would you try an unproven drug to treat COVID-19? Is it your right? -
Ten Years Out, Electronic Health Records Raise Ire
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were once touted as an easily transferrable, cost-effective way to record patient care, but more than a decade after their introduction, they are a subject of heated debate. -
Physicians Still Waiting for Flexibility in Prescribing to Suicidal Patients
Opinion -health-care-news, News -After publicly calling attention to the problem eight years, physicians say there has been little to no change in the way insurance companies cover prescription medications for suicidal patients considered in danger of a drug overdose. -
COVID-19 Response Sets New Normal for Big Government
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -During my last visit to the grocery store, the clerk directed me to the hermetically sealed conveyor belt and, grinning proudly, said, “Welcome to the new normal.” -
New Strategy on Patient Health Data Targets Consumers
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Before the Coronavirus pandemic took center stage, the Trump Administration began executing new rules for better production, use, and sharing of medical records. -
FDA Gives Biosimilars a Boost by Expanding Database
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The so-call "Purple Book" is a list of all licensed biologic products and is a reference guide for patients, providers, payers and manufactureres. -
Colorado Bills Aim to Improve Medicaid Primary Care Through Telemedicine
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Colorado lawmakers are proposing a bill to expand telemedicine in an effort to improve health care access for Medicaid patients. -
Physician Introduces Free Platform to Help Launch Telemedicine
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A New York neurologist is offering a free platform to physicians to make it easier for them to meet with their patients virtually. -
Partners in Freedom: Ohio’s Buckeye Institute Leads the Way on Medicaid Waivers and Other Health Care Reforms
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The founders at The Buckeye Institute in Ohio decided to become one of the nation’s leading advocates for Medicaid waivers when they saw how little choice there was in their state. -
Partners in Freedom: The Goodman Institute Shows How to Fix Health Care without More Taxes, Mandates
Opinion -health-care-news, News -If there is a way to fix the nation’s broken health care system without raising taxes or mandating coverage, chances are The Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research and its founder, John C. Goodman, have figured it out. -
Commentary: Medicare for All is No Match for a Coronavirus
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, head of President Donald Trump’s task force on the novel coronavirus, declared a public health emergency in response to the global outbreak of the pathogen. -
Commentary: Obamacare Rations Care for the Sick and Overcharges the Healthy
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CON Repeal Attracts More Legislative Support in South Carolina
Opinion -health-care-news, News -An effort to repeal certificate of need (CON) laws in South Carolina has picked up momentum after bills in both chambers of the state’s legislature picked up more support. -
Lawmakers Go Back to the Drawing Board on Surprise Medical Bills
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Under election-year pressure to provide relief to constituents angered by surprise medical bills, lawmakers in both parties are working on proposals that, at the very least, will show they are taking the problem seriously. -
Commentary: Doctors Can Fight Coronavirus If Politicians Will Let Them
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -This commentary was published in the Detroit News on March 26 regarding a new rule against prescribing certain treatments for coronavirus. See related podcast on The Heartland Daily Podcast. -
Indiana Bills Address Non-Compete Clauses on Physicians
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Indiana lawmakers are considering three measures that would limit or stop non-compete clauses that medical employers such as hospitals can impose on physicians regarding future employment. -
Obamacare Fails Patients with Pre-existing Conditions, Report Finds
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is leaving a number of people with pre-existing conditions by the wayside as insurers narrow their networks to the point of uselessness, a new report finds. -
Consumers Need More Short-Term Insurance Protection, Brief Argues
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Two think tanks filed an amicus brief to ask the D.C. Court of Appeals to uphold a U.S. District Court decision concerning the duration of short-term, limited-duration insurance plans (STLDI).