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Appeals Court Rules Physicians Can Assert Their First Amendment Rights
Publication -A federal appeals court ruled physicians have standing to sue specialty boards that threaten their constitutionally protected speech, in one of several cases alleging censorship. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit remanded to a district court a lawsuit by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) that alleges federal agencies and […] -
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Biden, Trump Agree on Alternative to Employer Health Plans
Publication -President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw from consideration as a candidate for president, voicing his support for Vice President Kamala Harris to be nominated by the Democratic Party instead. As Biden’s time as president winds down, distinctions are drawn between the policies his administration enacted and those implemented during the term of his […] -
Research & Commentary: Newly Updated Report Collects the Overwhelming Empirical Evidence of the Benefits of Education Choice Programs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -EdChoice, one of the national leaders in education choice advocacy and research, has released a new, updated “in-depth review of the available research on private school choice programs in America.” The 123s of School Choice, originally published in 2019 and updated this June, gathers information from 188 empirical studies on choice programs—vouchers, education savings accounts (ESAs), tax-credit […] -
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Presidential Election Seen as Referendum on Health Care
Publication -A new analysis predicts health care could be a campaign weapon for Democrats in a tight presidential race, with the media already stressing stark differences between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on the issue. The two have already sparred over health insurance. Trump said Harris wants to outlaw private health insurance, and Harris responded by […] -
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Michael Bloomberg Gives $1 Billion for Free Medical School
Publication -Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University in July will make tuition free for most medical students, covering the full cost of attendance, including tuition and living expenses, such as rent, according to a report from the university. Presumably, Bloomberg wants to alleviate the doctor shortage in the United States by lowering or […] -
Research & Commentary: New Survey Shows Massive Support for Education Savings Accounts in Texas
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new survey from the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston and Texas Southern University finds 69 percent of Texans support the adoption of a universal education savings account (ESA) program in the Lone Star State. The Texas Trends 2024 survey of 2,300 Texans, released in late July, found 74 percent […] -
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Lawmakers Demand Answers on Widespread Obamacare Fraud
Publication -A report examining misstatements of income by individuals applying for Obamacare to qualify for bigger federal subsidies has garnered congressional interest. The report, “The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud,” by Brian Blase and Drew Gonshorowski, published by the Paragon Health Institute, traces the problem to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which increased payments to Affordable Care […] -
Research & Commentary: Biden-Harris Administration’s Energy Policies Have Cost Average American Family Thousands
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new analysis from The Heartland Institute has found that the energy and climate policies of the Biden-Harris administration have caused energy prices to surge, costing the average American family an extra $2,548 since 2021. “This is the cost calculated by averaging price increases from January 2021 through December 2023,” the analysis notes, “which means […] -
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Judge Denies Gag Order on Wrongful Death Depositions
Publication -A judge is allowing the release of deposition transcripts and audio files in the wrongful death case of a young woman who died in a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic because of an unauthorized do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Grace Schara, a 19-year-old with Down’s Syndrome, died at St. Elizabeth’s (Ascension) Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin several days […] -
Research & Commentary: New Report On Oklahoma’s Anti-ESG Law Refutes Cost Assertions Made in Astroturf Paper
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A report from the American Energy Institute (AEI) seeks to correct misperceptions about Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act (EDEA) spread by an earlier report from some organization calling itself the “Oklahoma Rural Association” (ORA). EDEA is an anti-“environmental, social and governance” (ESG) law that bars state and local governments from conducting business with financial institutions that […] -
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Secularized Medicine Harms Doctors, Patients—Book Review
Publication -Review of Missional Medicine—Restoring the Soul of Medicine, Mark B. Blocher, M.D., 2022, 175 pages, ISBN 9781792383069, $20, amazon.com (Paperback) Imagine if you were about to undergo a major surgical procedure, and your surgeon came in and asked if you wanted to pray first, or have a serious conversation about the state of your soul? Today’s […] -
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“Health Equity” Will Destroy North Carolina’s Medical Schools
Publication -Surveying American institutions, one searches in earnest for even a few organizations or systems that progressives have been unable to control. News story after news story confirms that indeed that one, that one, and, yes, that one too have all succumbed to ideological capture. Naïfs like myself once held out hope for science and mathematics. How could geometry be racist […] -
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What Are the Major Presidential Candidates’ Plans for Health Care? – Interview
Publication -Politics may overshadow the issues in the November presidential election, but health care is on the minds of most voters. Twila Brase, president, and co-founder of the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, spoke with Health Care NewsManaging Editor AnneMarie Schieber about the crucial health care issues for a new administration and what reform could look […] -
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North Carolina Medicaid Expansion Tops 450,000 Enrollees
Publication -North Carolina has picked up 450,000 new Medicaid enrollees in the first six months since becoming the 41st state to expand Medicaid. The state’s Department of Health and Human Services reports nearly 6 percent more of the state’s population has enrolled in Medicaid since the legislature, on December 1, 2023, approved Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget, […] -
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FDA Blocks Better Sunblocks – Commentary
Publication -Thanks in part to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Americans do not have access to all sunscreens The United States is in the full throes of summer. After a rainy spring, summer arrived in my home state of Texas a couple of months ago. The sun has burned off the cloud cover, and my […] -
Leading Louisiana Republican Undermines State’s Interests and Defies Voters to Promote Climate Alarmism
Publication -Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) has behaved in a manner regarding climate change that makes it clear he has accepted and is promoting the alarmist climate narrative of the political left. -
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Hospitals Are Responsible for Rising Health Care Prices—Report
Publication -New data shows hospitals are responsible for escalating health care prices, due to the lack of market incentives to curb costs. A growing number of Americans are having difficulty paying their medical bills, due to rising health care prices. In response, some states are using tax dollars to help consumers pay off big medical bills, […] -
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Some Massachusetts Hospitals Don’t Report Drug-Dependent Newborns
Publication -Newborns at risk for lack of medical intervention. Major Massachusetts hospitals no longer regularly perform toxicology tests on newborns or report prenatal exposure to addictive substances to state welfare agencies unless there is other evidence of infant abuse or neglect. Mass General Brigham (MGB) changed hospital policy to address the “racial and ethnic inequities” present […] -
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California Blocks Life-Sustaining Telehealth Treatment
Publication -California licensing laws are blocking a patient’s access to care from a medical specialist in another state, leaving her to go without help or make a 14-hour car trip for treatment in person. Shellye Horowitz of Trinidad, California, suffers from a rare bleeding disease affecting women and girls known as hemophilia A. There are no […] -
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‘Merits’ of the Inflation Reduction Act, Another Fiction Unmasked
Publication -‘Merits’ of the Inflation Reduction Act for seniors unmasked, with fewer innovative drugs and $280 billion siphoned from Medicare. (Commentary) By Ken Blackwell My, how things have changed in the past few weeks. By the time the Republican National Convention convened, the Democrats had hoped to be running President Biden on a platform touting the alleged success […] -
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Congress Considers Bill to Protect Raw Milk Producers
Publication -A bill that would give consumers more choice in the kind of milk they buy is making its way through Congress. The Interstate Milk Freedom Act (H.R. 8374), introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), would prohibit the federal government from interfering with the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products packaged for direct human […] -
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TikTok Therapists Promote Family Estrangement Therapy to Young People
Publication -TikTok therapists promote family estrangement therapy to young people as a step toward happiness, in a social media fad. by Devon Herrick Public health advocates report there is a growing mental health crisis among young people, especially since covid. One outcome of mental health challenges is an emerging therapeutic estrangement fad on social media. I’m […] -
ANALYSIS: Biden’s Energy Policies Directly Cost U.S. Households More Than $2,548 Since 2021
Publication -Electricity prices alone are up 23 percent since Joe Biden took office. -
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Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs Will Impact Presidential Election
Publication -Health care affordability has implications for the 2024 presidential election, says Drew Altman, president of KFF. In a recent article, Altman says the most important issue in health care for consumers is out-of-pocket costs. For example, between a quarter and a half of all Americans report real problems paying their medical bills, depending on how […]