Health CareCommentary
Few factors are more critical to economic growth than health care. And few threaten future economic growth more than health care spending. That conundrum lies… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Last month’s Census Bureau report on the uninsured overlooked an important point: More than 99% of Americans have access to health coverage, regardless of their… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Sin taxes of all types have unintended consequences. A new proposal in the House Ways and Means Committee to tax electronic cigarettes could harm the… Read More
Health CareNews
The Department of Energy’s National Laboratory in New Mexico misplaced or lost track of enough fentanyl four years ago to kill more than 1,000 people, according… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Youth vaping is a problem that President Trump wants to address. How exactly? One idea is to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Daren Bakst at The Heritage… Read More
EconomyNews
The Environmental Protection Agency has hit the acceleration button to clean up Superfund sites across the country on President Donald Trump’s watch, according to a… Read More
EconomyNews
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania—Not every nurse at St. Mary Medical Center supports “Medicare for All” or the political goals of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. But every nurse… Read More
EconomyNews
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania—Staffers who took down pro-union signs posted without authorization in their hospital were injured by staples “turned around backward” and “held in place by… Read More
Health CareCommentary
A final rule on health reimbursement arrangements set to take effect in August could expand opportunities for American workers and their families to attain affordable… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress is rushing legislation on “surprise medical bills” that is conceptually flawed, legally dubious, and which could have profound and far-reaching consequences for the private… Read More
Health CareNews
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that he said would “fundamentally” change the health care market by requiring hospitals to disclose in an… Read More
Health CareNews
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan for government-funded health care for illegal immigrants is frugal compared to proposals by other Democratic leaders in his state. Newsom,… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine introduced a bill Monday to raise the federal minimum age for purchasing tobacco products… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Ponder this: If self-styled “progressives” in Congress impose total government control over health care, will ordinary Americans enjoy a longer life span? Sen. Bernie… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Editor’s note: Amy Swearer’s commentaries on mental illness, gun control, and the anniversary of the Parkland shooting stirred responses from our audience. We lead off… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Did you know there was no health insurance until 1930 and that 90 percent of today’s medical care did not even exist in 1950? Yet,… Read More
Health CareFeature
The free market is the cure to the nation’s health care crisis, not what liberals call Medicare for All, argues a physician, combat veteran, and… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Ten states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Twenty-two other states, along with U.S. territories Puerto Rico and Guam, allow marijuana… Read More
LawCommentary
One year ago Thursday, the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, sparked an intense national debate over firearm-related violence. As some pushed for broader restrictions… Read More
Health CareNews
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation on Tuesday that would establish a government-run pharmaceutical manufacturer to effectively compete with the private market. The Affordable Drug… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Department of Health and Human Services is considering the future of federally funded research using fetal tissue derived from elective abortions, amid continuing controversy… Read More
Health CareNews
The U.S. suicide rate hit a 50-year record in 2017, contributing to a lower life expectancy for Americans that’s part of a larger downward trend…. Read More
Health CareNews
First lady Melania Trump welcomed media attention to how the administration is confronting the opioid drug crisis during her appearance Wednesday at a “town hall”… Read More
Health CareNews
More than 3.6 million middle and high school students were current e-cigarette users in 2018, a “dramatic” uptick that ended years of decline in overall youth tobacco… Read More
Health CareCommentary
President Donald Trump recently signed into law the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act), which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. SUPPORT… Read More
Health CareNews
America needs leaders who will actively discourage recreational drug use and promote “meaningful prevention” and recovery, a former White House drug czar said in remarks… Read More
Health CareNews
Teenage use of electronic cigarettes has reached “an epidemic proportion,” the Food and Drug Administration says, and makers of the devices have less than two… Read More
EconomyNews
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has cleaned up more polluted or contaminated sites in less time and at a faster pace than the Obama… Read More
Health CareNews
The American Medical Association’s decision this week to reconsider its long-standing opposition to assisted suicide doesn’t sit well with some advocates for the disabled. The… Read More
Health CareNews
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
