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North Dakota House Rejects Dental Therapy
Opinion -The bill would have increased the freedom of dentists to hire dental therapists and expanded treatment options for patients. -
ACSH Roundup: Health Care Regulators Stir Up Fear
Opinion -Fear is the weapon of those who would impose unnecessary regulation on patients' health care choices. -
Health Care Spending Increases, Federal Share Rises
Opinion -The federal government spends more on health care than any other entity or group, in part due to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. -
States Prepare Dry Run of Article V Convention
Opinion -The planning convention in Nashville, Tennessee would pave the way for an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. -
California Lawmaker Prepares Midwife Bill
Opinion -The bill would expand practicing privileges for certified nurse-midwives and expand treatment options for patients. -
Texas Surgeons Post Prices Online, Joining Free-Market Trend
Opinion -Two brothers have opened a free-market surgery center modeled after the famous Surgery of Oklahoma. -
Virginia Lawmakers Approve Direct Primary Care Bills—Again
Opinion -The governor would have until late March to veto the legislation, as he did in 2016. -
Analysis: Who Is Responsible for High Drug Prices?
Opinion -Deregulation would increase competition and make drugs cheaper, according to Devon Herrick at the National Center for Policy Analysis -
Paul Proposes ‘Obamacare Replacement Act’
Opinion -The Obamacare Replacement Act would legalize the sale of inexpensive insurance and expand health care purchase options for patients. -
Policy Diagnosis: Seize the Moment to Reform State Health Care Laws
Opinion -State lawmakers should not wait on Washington to reform health care, Heartland policy advisor Hal Scherz says. -
Senator Reintroduces National Right-to-Try Bill
Opinion -The bill would increase treatment options for patients in states with right-to-try laws. -
Health Care Policy Changes Signaled as Senate Confirms Price as HHS Secretary
Opinion -President Donald Trump's HHS Secretary will most likely lead the repeal and replacement of Obamacare. -
Republicans Step Up Progress on Obamacare Repeal
Opinion -President Trump and Republicans in Congress have identified March as their new deadline for their Obamacare replacement plans. -
Trump Scrutinizes Candidates to Head FDA
Opinion -All four candidates could reform the federal agency most blamed for obstructing health care treatment innovation. -
Massachusetts Panel Prepares Physician Price-Capping Proposal
Opinion -Out-of-network doctors could be held to charging rates set by insurers with whom they have not signed contracts. -
Article V Convention of States Remains Important Under Trump
Opinion -Natelson: State lawmakers should flex their constitutional muscle to check federal power using an Article V convention of states. -
Maine May Consider Protecting Direct Primary Care Practices from Overregulation
Opinion -The legislation would protect direct primary care providers from being regulated as insurers. -
Insurance Plan Could Give Doctors Incentive to Drop Sick Patients
Opinion -The plan could motivate doctors to engineer their patient base to exclude those most in need of care, experts say. -
Study: Letting Pharmacists Write Prescriptions Cuts Costs, Increases Patient Access
Opinion -Allowing midlevel providers to write prescriptions is a free-market solution to health care cost and access problems. -
Policy Diagnosis: Today’s Health Insurance Crisis Stems from Federal Interference in 1943
Opinion -Hillsdale College Professor Dr. Gary Wolfram traces Obamacare's seeds to the 1940s, 50s, and 60s with alumnus and Michael T. Hamilton. -
‘Consumer Reports’ Recommends Increasing Federal Reporting for Hospitals
Opinion -The study's recommendations appear to overlook the failure of existing reporting requirements, Dr. Brian Sachs says. -
Mental Health Access Shortages Persist Despite State Political Climates
Opinion -The shortages pervade red, blue, and swing states. -
Montana Lawmakers Prepare Direct Primary Care Bill
Opinion -The bill would exempt direct primary care providers from insurance regulations. -
Study: Two-Thirds of Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Were Already Eligible
Opinion -The finding implies the federal government has been paying far more than its share under the Affordable Care Act.
