Health CareCommentary
A Look Back at Trump’s Health Care Reforms
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made… Read More
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Trump Should Direct His Administration to Generate Better Guidance on COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 can be a deadly disease, especially for higher-risk populations like the elderly. Making matters worse, it’s hard to tell when someone has COVID-19 and… Read More
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Trump ‘Doing Really Well,’ Could Be Released From Hospital Soon, His Doctor Says
President Donald Trump could be released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he’s being treated for COVID-19, as early as Monday if his… Read More
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‘Safe Injection Sites’ Don’t Work Well. Just Ask Canada.
If you’ve never heard of “safe injection sites”—public facilities for drug users to consume heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine under the supervision of medical staff—you probably… Read More
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Trump Doesn’t Need Price Controls to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
By making full use of his executive authority, President Donald Trump has helped to reduce health care costs by increasing choice and competition. But his… Read More
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COVID-19 Linked to Rising Suicide Rates Among Teens
The COVID-19 shutdowns have created a category of unlikely victims of collateral damage in teenagers. Inasmuch as 8 out of 10 COVID-19-related deaths are among… Read More
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In COVID-19 Restrictions Ruling, Judge Holds Pennsylvania Governor to the Constitution
A federal district court judge ruled last week that several of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 restrictions were unconstitutional—and for good reason. Judge William Stickman IV’s development of… Read More
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Trump Says His Order Covers Preexisting Conditions, Surprise Medical Billings
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at protecting Americans with preexisting health conditions, after delivering remarks on his administration’s health care vision… Read More
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What’s Needed for Health Care Reform: Personalized Care That Puts You and Your Doctor in Charge
The following is an open letter to the American people from 81 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the… Read More
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Just 1% of US Counties Have Had Nearly Half of All COVID-19 Deaths
As Heritage Foundation researchers have demonstrated throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been heavily concentrated in a small number of states—and among a small number of… Read More
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Why the Trump Administration Needs to Embrace New, Faster COVID-19 Tests
We’ve come a long way over the past eight months since the first recorded U.S. case of COVID-19 on Jan. 20. We now have both the knowledge… Read More
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A New Test for COVID-19 Shows Promise
Another new test for COVID-19 was recently authorized—and this one could be a game-changer. The Abbott Diagnostics BinaxNOW antigen test is a new point-of-care test that reportedly… Read More
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New COVID-19 Findings Confirm What We Have Learned Since the Beginning. A Targeted Response Is More Important Than Ever.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent weekly provisional mortality update has caused a stir. It says: For 6% of deaths [involving COVID-19],… Read More
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Latest Data Proves COVID-19 Doesn’t Justify Postal Bailout
A stream of apocalyptic predictions and strained conspiracy theories have turned the once-sleepy world of U.S. Postal Service operations into front-page news. Lawmakers focused on… Read More
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COVID-19 Power Trips of Leftist Politicians, Teachers Unions Must Stop
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out political power trips like America has never seen before. Governors and mayors have seized “emergency powers” that effectively shut… Read More
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CDC Is Failing to Collect and Share COVID-19 Data for the Front Line
When the levees broke under Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers was roasted for spending billions and still failing to protect Americans. So where’s… Read More
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The Facts of Cuomo’s Fatal Leadership During COVID-19
After an alarming surge in new COVID-19 cases in June and July, the country has begun to see a decline in daily cases, putting us… Read More
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Michiganders Seek Repeal of Emergency Law Whitmer Uses for COVID-19 Decrees
Some Michiganders say the law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is using to keep their state under COVID-19 lockdown is being abused, and they are pushing… Read More
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‘Medicare for All’ Is Still a Threat
Noticeably absent from the Democrats’ latest policy platform: any mention of “Medicare for All.” But don’t be fooled. Efforts to push government-run health care are still a… Read More
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A National Mask Mandate Isn’t Necessary to Save Lives
“Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months at a minimum,” said former Vice President Joe Biden… Read More
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What You Need to Know About ‘Promising’ Convalescent Plasma and COVID-19
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma in the treatment of… Read More
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Customs and Border Protection Implements New Measures at US-Mexico Border as Coronavirus Spikes
Individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border will be subject to secondary inspections after a survey of people crossing the border found 60% of trips were nonessential,… Read More
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Nurses Rally Against Unionization as Law Muzzles Hospital Management
Nurses opposed to unionization at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, made their voices heard over heavy rainfall at a demonstration in front of the… Read More
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How the Left Ruins the Objectivity of Science
More than two years ago, I wrote a column titled “Whatever the Left Touches It Ruins.” I listed eight examples: —The universities. —The arts: music,… Read More
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2 Musts for Beating COVID-19: Know Who’s Sick, Provide Places to Recover
A recent special report published by The Heritage Foundation looks at the policy responses several countries have taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The report… Read More
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3 Ways the Trump Administration Saves on Medicare, Medicaid Costs
The Trump administration has made several free market reforms in health care that should contribute to the solvency of Medicare and Medicaid, the official in… Read More
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3 Things to Know About Trump COVID-19 Adviser Under Attack by the Left
Despite an accomplished career at the Stanford University Medical Center, including writing a leading textbook in his field, Dr. Scott Atlas, the president’s new appointee… Read More
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COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Remain Concentrated: Heritage’s Tracker—and New Graphic Tool—Provide Context
As Heritage Foundation researchers have demonstrated throughout the pandemic, the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been heavily concentrated in a small number of… Read More
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After Losing Both Her In-Laws to COVID-19, Janice Dean Is Calling for an Investigation of New York
Janice Dean is Fox News’ senior meteorologist. She lost both of her in-laws to COVID-19, and then was pulled from testifying at hearings on New… Read More
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Parents, Educators, Doctors Join Trump in New Push to Reopen Schools
Dr. Melanie McGraw Piasecki is both a pediatrician and a mother of three who wants to see kids back in school after the COVID-19 lockdown… Read More
