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Ohio Right-to-Try Bill Depends on Senate Action Before 2017
Opinion -The bill would expand treatment options for terminally ill patients. -
Doctors Exit Third-Party-Payer Model for Direct Primary Care
Opinion -More physicians are charting their course out of the insured patient market. -
Despite Increases, Health Care Ministry ‘Shares’ Stay Cheaper Than Insurance Premiums
Opinion -Cost-sharing ministry monthly shares are increasing, but Obamacare insurance premiums are still more expensive. -
Medical Bill Negotiators Decry Price Obscurity
Opinion -Transparency of health care prices is a necessity for patients to choose the best value for their medical care, experts say. -
Tennessee Lawmakers Suggest Medicaid Reform Alternatives
Opinion -Two state senators and one state think tank policy director offer free-market solutions to Tennessee's health care entitlements and access problems. -
Georgia Medicaid Expansion Forum Draws Lawmakers from Out of State
Opinion -Arkansas lawmakers, Heartland Institute researchers, and newly elected Georgia lawmakers will meet to discuss Medicaid expansion for 2017. -
Amendment Allowing States to Repeal Obamacare Passes Convention Simulation
Opinion -A mock amendment that would let states repeal federal statutes, including the Affordable Care Act, overwhelmingly passed at a simulated Article V Convention. -
New California Law Could Jail Health Care Journalists, Whistleblowers
Opinion -A special interest group has gotten a law passed to protect itself from being exposed. -
Kentucky Abandons State Obamacare Exchange, Buy Insurance from Healthcare.gov
Opinion -Kentuckians seeking Obamacare subsidies will have to find them through the federal exchange, now that Gov. Matt Bevin has dismantled Kynect. -
FDA Approves ‘Biosimilar’ of World’s Top-Selling Drug
Opinion -The world's top-selling drug will finally get some competition. -
Tennessee Task Force Proposes Two-Phase Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -The plan would extend coverage to veterans and mental health patients before expanding coverage to all people with incomes less than 138 percent of the federal poverty line. -
Key to Clinching Health Care Discounts Is ‘Just Ask,’ Negotiators Say
Opinion -Top medical price negotiators say asking for a 50 percent discount just might get you one. -
HHS Floats Move to Tap Lawsuit Fund to Bail Out Obamacare Insurers
Opinion -Feds signal willingness to pay off risk corridor losses using the Justice Department's 'Judgment Fund.' -
Alabama Law Drives Midwives, Patients Underground
Opinion -Alabama mothers who want to give birth at home with a midwife turn to the state's black market. -
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Proposes Medicaid Expansion Plans
Opinion -The Republican-controlled Georgia House will consider Medicaid expansion in 2017, and these plans proposed by Georgia's Chamber of Commerce could be front-and-center. -
Kentuckians Could Earn $500 Cash Bonus for Exiting Medicaid, If CMS Approves
Opinion -The Medicaid reform proposal includes incentives to work, stay healthy, and exit Medicaid. -
Policy Diagnosis: Colorado’s Single-Payer Health Care Initiative
Opinion -Dr. Hal Scherz explains why Colorado should reject a single-payer health care ballot initiative on November 8. -
Study: Rising Health Care Costs Drive Increases in Wage Inequality
Opinion -Increasing health care costs skew income analyses for ordinary earners. -
Proposed Article V Amendment Would Limit Federal Health Care Spending
Opinion -The proposal leading the push for an Article V constitutional convention would change health care spending as we know it. -
Innovative Model, EMR Platform Help Doctors Center Attention on Patients
Opinion -Doctors who shirk insurers and federal electronic medical record regulations win big for their patients. -
Study Falsely Touted as Proof Pharma Buys Doctors with Meals
Opinion -Meals pharmaceutical companies give doctors may not be as influential as a recent study suggests. -
18 States Mandate Data Collection to Curb Health Care Costs
Opinion -Whether mandated or voluntary, all-payer claims databases pull information from insurers to estimate health care costs. -
State Bureaucracy Creates Nurse Licensing Gridlock in California
Opinion -California's prospective nurses would get to work sooner if the state would let them. -
Health Care Leaders Gather to Urge Use of ‘Free-Market Force’
Opinion -Physicians, lawmakers, and insurers summoned the 'force' to carve out free-market solutions to the dark side of health care policy.
