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Cleaning Up Medicaid Fraud Will Save Indiana Millions of Dollars – Governor
Publication -Indiana is looking to save millions of dollars by reviewing the eligibility of Medicaid recipients and removing ineligible individuals from the program, said Indiana Governor Mike Braun in an interview with Newsmax. Such enrollees include those technically eligible for Medicare and those receiving benefits despite living in other states, Newsmax reports. Since Braun first took […] -
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Trump Administration Bolsters Case to End Child Gender Treatment
Publication -A group of scientists released a final version of a report that was published in May and ordered by President Donald Trump on the scientific basis of gender treatments for children. The report, which passed scientific peer review, was issued on November 19, 2025, and is now available on the Department of Health and Human […] -
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New Food Pyramid Emphasizes Whole Foods
Publication -On January 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released new dietary guidelines overhauling decades of previous guidance. The old guidelines, stated a USDA fact sheet, “favored corporate interests over common sense, science-driven advice to improve the health of Americans.” The USDA’s press release states, “The new guidelines deliver a clear, common-sense message to […] -
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Medicare Advantage Popularity Causing ‘Friction’ for Hospitals
Publication -Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration has reached as high as 70 to 80 percent in some markets, a hospital administrator tells Becker’s Hospital Review in a December 4, 2025, article, but it is creating “friction” and could lead to more hospitals cancelling MA contracts. MA plans are popular because of the “simplicity and potential cost savings” […] -
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Medicare Advantage Plans Profit When They Keep Enrollees Healthy – Commentary
Publication -The American health care system has two distinguishing characteristics. First, similarly situated individuals pay the same premium, regardless of their medical conditions. Put differently, no one who acquires health insurance ever pays an actuarially fair price. Second, insurers invariably lose money on people who are known to be relatively sick and make money on people […] -
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Judge Blocks Pilot Program to Improve 340B Accountability
Publication -A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to block a pilot program aimed at keeping better tabs on the federal 340B hospitals use to receive drug discounts. The pilot was scheduled to begin on January 1. On December 18, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker of the District of Maine issued the order while a […] -
Research & Commentary: New Hampshire Bill Would Protect State Pension Funds and Granite Staters’ Retirement Savings From ESG
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the New Hampshire House of Representatives would combat environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores by mandating public retirement systems in the Granite State, as well as their investment managers and proxy advisors, prioritize objective financial factors in investment decisions. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment firms and […] -
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AI’s Potential and Challenges in Health Care – New Economic Report
Publication -“Medical knowledge is growing so rapidly that only 6 percent of what the average new physician is taught in medical school today will be relevant in ten years,” states a new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) report, “The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Health Care Costs.” As AI transforms one sector after another, […] -
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CDC Makes Major Changes to Vaccine Schedule
Publication -The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) drastically reduced the recommended vaccines on the childhood immunization schedule. Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill announced in a January 5 X post that he updated the schedule to recommend immunization against 11 diseases, down from the 17 that had previously been on the schedule. The total number of […] -
Research & Commentary: Magnolia Student Accounts Would Be a Boon to Mississippi Families
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives would set up “Magnolia Student Accounts” (MSA), an education savings account (ESA) program open to all Mississippi K–12 students. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for eligible children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks, uniforms, private tutoring services, school-provided extracurricular activities, and […] -
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Aggressive Organ Procurement Practices Revealed to Congressional Committee
Publication -The House Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee held a hearing on December 2 as part of its investigation into the questionable activities of organ procurement organizations (OPOs), the tax-exempt, federally designated monopolies involved in the recovery of organs for transplant. The investigation “revealed troubling clinical practices, misuse of taxpayer dollars, and questionable financial practices,” a December 4 […] -
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Medicare Medical Savings Accounts Elude Enrollees
Publication -Medicare enrollees shopping for a “Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA)” are coming up short in most states because insurers do not offer them. After a limited demonstration in 1997, the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act made MSAs a permanent option for Medicare enrollees. The plans combine a high-deductible health plan with a medical savings account. […] -
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The GOP’s Option to Fix Medicare Is Right in Front of Their Eyes – Commentary
Publication -Following the federal government shutdown, health care, Medicaid, and Medicare have again surged to the forefront of national debate. Amidst all the finger-pointing, one truth is clear: America’s health care system remains bloated, costly, and unsustainable. For years, Republicans have excelled at identifying what’s wrong but have struggled to offer practical, free-market alternatives. Ironically, one […] -
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Hospitals Spending Billions on New Construction
Publication -Hospital construction is experiencing a boom as the trend of consolidation of medical facilities continues, particularly in urban centers, even as most markets are experiencing net closures. An October 27 article in Becker’s Hospital Review, for example, cited 13 hospital construction projects in 2025 worth at least $1 billion each. IBIS World, in an October […] -
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For the First Time, CDC Acknowledges Vaccine-Autism Link
Publication -For the First Time, CDC Acknowledges Vaccine-Autism Link Possibility By Ashley Bateman On November 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its website to address questions regarding the relationship between vaccines and autism. “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the […] -
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Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions
Publication -Continuing the efforts from his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump called for rescheduling marijuana to a Schedule III drug, which will remove a variety of regulatory and investment hurdles, to expand marijuana usage in the United States. “While this action does not resolve every regulatory hurdle, it meaningfully advances the conversation around […] -
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What the United States Can Learn from Canada’s MAID – Patient Activist
Publication -On December 5, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill making Illinois the 12th state in the United States to legalize medically assisted suicide. The United States can learn from Canada’s expansion of “medical assistance in dying (MAID)” over the past 10 years, says Amanda Achtman, patient advocate and creator of the website, “Dying To Meet […] -
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CMS Creates Rural Health Grants to Improve Market Competition
Publication -By December 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will announce how it will distribute the $50 billion Congress approved this summer for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act CMS says 50 percent of the funds will be distributed equally among the states it approves. The […] -
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Euthanasia Becomes More Mainstream in Canada – United States, Next?
Publication -Canadians are expressing outrage over the increased normalization of medical-assisted suicide in the country’s single-payer system. Numerous families have reported physicians and nurse practitioners pressuring loved ones into suicide through a practice known colloquially as “medical assistance in dying” or MAID. Benjamin Turland told The Loop about the intense grief he felt when both his […] -
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Ag Department Air-Drops Vaccines to Control Rabies
Publication -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun airdropping rabies vaccines into fields in several states as part of an ongoing campaign to reduce the spread of the disease in wild animals. The USDA conducted operations in northeastern and mid-Atlantic states starting this summer, followed by drops in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and […] -
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Organ Donor Retractions Rise in Wake of Government, Media Investigations
Publication -A series of investigative articles and government reform initiatives over the summer has resulted in a record-breaking number of organ donors exiting the system. Several articles published over the summer called nationwide attention to allegations of major inconsistencies and problems within the organ procurement industry. In July 2025, a New York Times news article described […] -
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Longing for the Days of Indemnity-Style Health Insurance – Commentary
Publication -Obamacare plans have reached the edge of a cliff. The U.S. government has shut down because Democrats and Republicans disagree on how much taxpayers should subsidize premiums. Health care is a service, not an entitlement, so why should taxpayers have to support any of it, except for the neediest? Does the government help Americans pay […] -
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More Hospitals Drop Medicare Advantage
Publication -Thirty-three hospital systems are dropping their Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts, reports Becker’s Hospital Review. The publication has been monitoring participation rates for several years. In 2024, citing contracts ending in 2025, Becker’s lists 33 hospitals as becoming “out of network” for Medicare Advantage contracts. In 2023, 13 hospitals ended their contracts. In 2024, the publication […] -
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What Trump Gets Right About TrumpRX – Commentary
Publication -Donald Trump is the first American president to take an active interest in what is happening to patients when they buy drugs at a local pharmacy. Without any new legislation, private companies are responding. Cigna Scripts, the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), just announced that for many of its clients it will end its […]