Health CareAnalysis
Podcast: A Doctor Explains How to Lower Health Care Costs
Dr. Lee Gross, president of Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, joins us to explain his practice, where he charges patients a flat fee of $60… Read More
Health CareNews
Health Insurers in Maryland Ask Rate Increases Up to 91%
Insurers in Maryland’s Obamacare market are requesting an average rate increase of 30 percent in insurance premiums, with some asking for premium hikes as high… Read More
Health CareCommentary
8 Reasons to Still Hate Obamacare
Remember Obamacare? The fight is far from over on the future of the Obama-era health insurance overhaul. Republicans are making a list-ditch effort this year… Read More
Health CareNews
Opioids Are Now Behind 20% of Deaths Among Young Americans
A new research study suggests opioid abuse in the U.S. is now responsible for 20 percent of deaths among young adults. The study, published Friday… Read More
Health CareNews
New Jersey Imposes State Obamacare-Style Individual Mandate
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a measure that preserved the Obamacare mandate requiring state residents to buy health insurance. Starting next… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Another Government-Run Website Is Failing, and It’s Not HealthCare.gov
Another government website is shortchanging consumers with inaccurate information, enrollment details presented in confusing Washington-speak, the unavailability of human support, and no easy way to… Read More
Health CareCommentary
States Are Offering Relief From Rising Health Care Costs. Here’s How Congress Can Help.
Middle-class Americans, stuck in Obamacare’s insurance “markets,” are desperate for relief from skyrocketing health insurance costs. Innovative state governors and legislators, as The Heritage Foundation… Read More
Health CareNews
California Could Become First State to Offer Health Care to Illegal Immigrants
Orange County 2nd District Supervisor Michelle Steel said Monday on Fox Business’ “After The Bell” that California could become the first state to offer free health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Is Shrinking the Individual Health Insurance Market
New data from insurance company regulatory filings show that enrollment in the individual health insurance market declined significantly last year—by 10 percent, or 1.8 million… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Our Approach to Severe Mental Illness Endangers Everyone
Americans pour billions of their taxpayer dollars into treating mental illness, but the spending isn’t addressing the real crisis. Though most media coverage focuses on… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In Order to Lower Drug Prices, 3 Areas the Government Should Address
President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first major policy speech about drug costs this week. The president’s budget outlined several targeted initiatives in… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Government Should Change How It Regulates Marijuana
Whether and how to regulate marijuana use has been in the news again recently. Currently, federal laws classify marijuana as a “Schedule I” (unhelpful and… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Sad Case of Alfie Evans: A Sordid Lesson in Government-Controlled Health Care
The next time Sen. Bernie Sanders or his progressive Senate allies tout their proposal for total federal control of health care, just remember the case… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congressional Liberals’ Latest Attempt to Push Americans Out of Private Health Care
With the collapse of choice and competition in the Obamacare health insurance exchanges, combined with major premium and deductible increases, “progressives” in Congress are looking… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Likely to Prescribe More Competition, Generics to Reduce Drug Prices
President Donald Trump’s prescription for lower drug costs likely will involve a push for more competition and clearing hurdles for more generic drugs. The president’s… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Here’s the Path Forward for Health Reform in 2018
An open letter to the American public from over 35 conservative leaders, whose names are listed at the end. Congressional leaders were poised last month… Read More
Health CareNews
Americans Are Backing Away From Obamacare
Roughly 400,000 fewer people signed up for Obamacare in 2018, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced Tuesday afternoon. “11.8 million consumers… Read More
Health CareNews
Sen. Tom Cotton Backs Stricter Penalties for Fentanyl, Calling It a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has filed legislation to allow stricter prison terms for dealers of fentanyl, a substance he calls a “weapon of mass destruction.”… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress Should Get Past Obamacare, Forget Bailouts, and Embrace Real Health Reform
This week, congressional leaders withdrew legislative language that would have bailed out Obamacare’s health insurance companies as part of the $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page omnibus spending… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Podcast: The Upcoming Obamacare Bailout
Why is a GOP-controlled Congress about to spend billions of taxpayer dollars propping up Obamacare? The Heritage Foundation’s Marie Fishpaw joins us to discuss. Plus:… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress Should Provide Obamacare Opt-Outs, Not Bailouts
This month could mark a turning point in national health policy. Big insurance companies have been pressuring Congress for a bailout—in the form of more… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Americans Don’t Want Obamacare Bailouts
The Republican Congress that was elected to repeal Obamacare is now considering bailing it out. It shouldn’t. Earlier this month, America’s Health Insurance Plans, the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
States Win Another Major Case Against Obamacare
In a decision that has gotten almost no media attention, six states led by Texas have won another round against the Obama administration implementation of… Read More
Health CareNews
Idaho Tried to Solve Obamacare Price Hikes. Here’s What Happened
The Trump administration has rejected a health insurance initiative by Idaho that some saw as an affordable model for challenging the dominance of Obamacare. “Taking… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Bailouts Will Not Save Money and Lower Premiums, Despite Contrary Claims
Congress appears poised to bail out Obamacare with new federal money in the omnibus package next week. Advocates of this bailout say it’s a good… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Senate May Fund Obamacare Subsidies With This Sneaky Move
Republicans campaigned for roughly a decade, promising voters they would dismantle former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation; but one of their own senators… Read More
Health CareCommentary
3 Questions Congress Should Answer Before Bailing Out Obamacare
Having failed last year to pass legislation undoing Obamacare’s damage, congressional Republicans now are reportedly looking to spend billions of additional tax dollars bailing out… Read More
Health CareNews
CDC Warns the Opioid Crisis Is ‘Accelerating’ as Deaths Surge 30% Nationally
Opioid overdoses experienced another dramatic spike over the past year across every region of the country, according to a report from federal health officials. Data… Read More
Health CareCommentary
More Taxpayer Bailouts Will Only Paper Over Obamacare’s Many Failures
It appears that Congress, backed by powerful special interests in the health care industry, is getting ready to bail out, once again, Obamacare’s failing health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Parallels Between the Gun Debate and the Opioid Crisis
By now, most have heard about the deadly opioid epidemic that has struck our nation. According to data compiled in a Kaiser Family Foundation report,… Read More
