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Mental Health Patients Gain Treatment Access Under New Medicaid Rule
Opinion -Helping people exit the Medicaid system would leave more resources for needier mental health patients, experts say. -
Maine Considers Exempting Health Care Model from Insurance Regulations
Opinion -The bill would reduce the risk that direct-pay providers would be regulated as insurers and thus put out of business. -
Patients Slowly Gain Access to Bacteria-Fighting Phage Therapy
Opinion -Fewer FDA restrictions could help a new form of treatment take off in the United States -
Alternative to Health Insurance Grows by 477 Percent Under ACA
Opinion -Enrollment in health care sharing ministries like Samaritan Ministries International has surged since the Affordable Care Act was passed. -
House Passes Repeal and Replacement of Obamacare
Opinion -The bill would give states the option to reject Obamacare mandates partially to blame for increasing insurance prices. -
Freedom Caucus Backs House-Approved Obamacare Replacement
Opinion -Leaders of the House Freedom Caucus struck a compromise with centrist Republicans previously opposed to the American Health Care Act. -
Report: State Regulations Stifle Solution to Dental Care Shortage
Opinion -Dental practices gain efficiency by outsourcing administrative tasks, as long as lawmakers let them. -
States Could Expand Dental Care Access with Midlevel Providers
Opinion -One solution to state oral health care provider shortages is giving dentists greater discretion to use dental therapists and dental hygienists. -
Sugary Drink Tax Hits Philly
Opinion -Suppliers will likely pass the tax on to consumers, who won't imbibe less sugar anyway. -
Study: Medicaid Block Grants Would Save $150 billion by 2022
Opinion -Various Republican proposals would cap Medicaid spending. -
Report: One-Third of Veterans Wait More Than 30 days for Care
Opinion -The VA continues to address inaccuracies in recording wait times for veterans at system hospitals. -
New FDA Commissioner Could Cut Regulations
Opinion -President Donald Trump's pick to lead FDA could spur innovation, reforms. -
States Approach Threshold Required for Article V Convention
Opinion -A constitutional amendment to limit federal health care spending would have implications for health care policy. -
Florida Bill Would Expand Options for Nurses, Patients
Opinion -Patients would gain opportunities to be treated by advanced practice registered nurses. -
Former FDA Commissioners Ask Trump to Resist Drug Importation
Opinion -Importing drugs from foreign countries would import price controls from foreign governments and result in unsafe and ineffective treatments, experts say. -
Policy Diagnosis: ‘Maintenance of Certification’ Bleeds Doctors and Patients
Opinion -Dr. Paul Teirstein explains why doctors are rejecting 'maintenance of certification' in a dozen states and trying to get lawmakers to do the same. -
Alaska Considers Requiring Health Care Providers to Post Prices Online
Opinion -Alaska Considers Requiring Health Care Providers to Post Prices Online -
California Withdraws Plan to Let Undocumented Immigrants Use State Exchange
Opinion -The state's Obamacare exchange is no longer pursuing permission from the federal government to let undocumented immigrants use the exchange to buy health insurance.. -
Sen. Ron Johnson Makes Case for National Right-to-Try Law
Opinion -Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) explains why Congress should pass national right-to-try legislation in order to help states expand treatment options of terminal patients. -
Health Care Negotiations Heat Up After GOP Leadership Setback
Opinion -Congress and President Donald Trump continue to negotiate proposals to repeal and replace Obamacare. -
Kansas Gov. Brownback Vetoes Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -The Kansas House upheld Gov. Brownback's veto of Medicaid expansion 81-44 on April 3. -
Congressional Libertarians Back Obamacare Replacement Act
Opinion -The bill represents ideological differences from the American Health Care Act and Affordable Care Act. -
Virginia Fails to Pass Certificate-of-Need Law Reform
Opinion -A CON law reform bill failed in the House when the Senate failed to advance similar legislation. -
Alarmism Prompts Overregulation of Health Care Choices
Opinion -Gullibility, ambitious scientists, and power-hungry regulators skew patients' ability to assess risks to their health care.
