Opinion
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House Bill Would Restrict Non-Compete Clauses in Health Care Employment Contracts
Opinion -News -A bipartisan bill would limit the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts, including an area where they’ve been under particular scrutiny: health care. -
The Next Step in Health Care Reform: Health Financing Accounts
Opinion -Dr. Roger Beauchamp says Americans should go a step further than health savings accounts, with 'health financing accounts' (HFAs). -
COVID-19 Tests: The Non-Fake News
Opinion -Editorial -Our system may not be the fastest, but it’s giving us trustworthy answers. -
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. -
Gortler: Depending on China for America’s Drugs Was Always a Bad Idea
Opinion -Editorial -America is objectively dependent on China and India for its drug supply. COVID-19 is expected to dry up this supply. -
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). -
Interview: Life Expectancy in the U.S. Improves but Says Little About Health Care System
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics released new figures on life expectancy and the leading causes of death. -
Were Other Options Considered?
Opinion -Editorial -Social distancing is the prescribed solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. Did we ever consider the other options? -
Schools Produce Record Number of Nurse Practitioners, with Mixed Reactions
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The number of nurse practitioners (NPs) in the United States has doubled in less than 7 years, a new study finds, which is raising questions among health care professionals about the implications. -
The "Bootleggers and Baptists" of the Coronavirus Crisis
Opinion -Editorial -What will the long-term effects of the coronavirus be? Darren Brady Nelson breaks it down and compares it to prohibition era bootlegging. -
California Screens Children for “Toxic Stress”
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Beginning this year, California will pay doctors to screen low-income Medi-Cal patients for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), also known as “toxic stress.” -
Patients Encounter Loopholes with Colorado’s Insulin Cap
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Patients in Colorado are learning the state’s insulin price cap, which went into effect January, is not all it’s cracked up to be. -
Capitalism and Its Intellectual Property: No Coronavirus Solution Without It
Opinion -Editorial -Capitalism is the best solution to deal with the Coronavirus. -
Illinois Takes Steps to Control the Price of Insulin
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law that caps the out-of-pocket price of insulin at $100 for a 30-day supply. -
Don’ts and Dos on Coronavirus
Opinion -Editorial -How do you plan on surviving the Coronavirus? We have the ultimate list to help you make it through this pandemic! -
To Kill Markets Is the Worst Possible Plan
Opinion -Editorial -The Coronavirus outbreak will bring long-lasting lessons to all people of Earth. The one message we must fight is that big government solved the crisis. -
A Reflection on the Pandemic
Opinion -Editorial -We see how powerful and terrifying nature and the unknown can be for us, today, notwithstanding all the vaunted science and technology we have at our disposal. -
Appeals Court Upholds Rejection of Arkansas Medicaid Work Rule
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a March 2019 lower court decision that blocked Arkansas from implementing a work rule designed to help able-bodied Medicaid enrollees back into the workforce. -
Dr. Death: How Joe Biden’s Coronavirus Specialist Thinks Old People Should Die
Opinion -Editorial -Joe Biden, who is 77, has named Ezekiel Emanuel as head of his advisory panel on the coronavirus. Emanuel famously wrote an Atlantic article on how people should be dead at age 75. -
Medicaid Transparency Rule is Raising Hackles of States, Providers
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Governors, health care providers, and several lawmakers want the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to retract a rule designed to increase transparency in Medicaid spending. -
Oklahoma Mulls Tax Credit to Attract Doctors to Rural Areas
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Oklahoma legislators are considering a bill that would allow physicians to claim a $25,000 tax credit if they practice in underserved, rural communities. -
Annual Individual Health Care Spending Reaches New High, Report Finds
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Average annual health care spending for people with employer-sponsored insurance rose to an all-time high in 2018, according to a recent report. -
Oklahoma Governor Embraces Medicaid Block Grant Proposal
Opinion -health-care-news, News -To underscore his commitment to Medicaid block grants, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt joined the Trump administration in Washington D.C for the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” announcement and said his state will be the first to sign up. -
CMS Unveils New Trump Administration Policy on Medicaid Block Grants
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Trump administration is moving to give states unprecedented leeway by revamping key sections of Medicaid, the federal health care program for low-income and disabled people.
