Commentary

Doctors Who Support Medicare for All Should Be Careful What They Wish For

February 25, 2020

Healthcare

Doctors are growing increasingly comfortable with the idea of a government takeover of the U.S. health insurance system. The nation's second-largest physicians group, the American College of Physicians, came out in January in support of Medicare for All. A study from BMJ, a medical journal, found that younger...

Bernie’s Math Problem

February 24, 2020

Healthcare

Anyone in earshot of a television set, or a smart phone, is undoubtedly aware that the undisputed front-runner in the Democratic Primary wants to spend more money – a lot of it. And, while these policies are economically flawed, Senator Sanders also has a fundamental...

Just say no to California’s drug-making plan

February 24, 2020

Healthcare

California wants to get into the drug making business. Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced his intention to have the state contract with generic drug manufacturers to make drugs to sell to state residents, presumably at lower cost than they’re available on the market today. But the plan...

Mike Bloomberg has a lot of bad ideas for health care

February 24, 2020

Healthcare

It took Mike Bloomberg three months and $400 million, but he finally qualified for a Democratic debate. The former New York mayor earned his place on stage in Las Vegas on Feb. 19 after surging to second place in the polls, just behind Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. But...

How State Policy Makers Can Avoid It Becoming Siligone Valley

February 20, 2020

California

As unlikely as it seems, we could see in our lifetimes the decline of Silicon Valley, maybe the most dynamic economic and innovation machine man has ever known. Can it be avoided? Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg, who’s earned Silicon Valley’s grandest fortune, said at last month’s...

Nevada unions don’t trust ‘Medicare for all’ to manage their healthcare

February 18, 2020

Healthcare

Nevada's culinary union, an influential force in the state's upcoming caucuses, just fired a shot across the bow of Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign. In flyers, emails, and text messages, the union warned its members that Sanders's "Medicare for all" plan would "end Culinary Healthcare." The culinary...

Democratic presidential candidates would all end private health insurance eventually

February 18, 2020

Healthcare

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his "Medicare-for-all" plan emerged victorious in New Hampshire’s presidential primary. Sanders captured more than one-fourth of voters in the Democratic primary, about 40 percent of whom said health care was the issue that mattered most when choosing a candidate. Close on his heels...

The Public Option: Medicare For All, Part One

February 18, 2020

Healthcare

The chaotic Iowa Caucus on February 3 had one clear winner—government-run health care. According to exit polls, nearly six in 10 Democratic caucus voters support eliminating private insurance in favor of a single-payer system. A government takeover of the health insurance system is surprisingly popular outside Iowa as...

You can’t tax people out of their sugary drinks

February 13, 2020

Healthcare

The Progressives’ war on soda pop is fizzling out. That's the chief finding of a new study on the public health effects of soda taxes from economists at Cornell University and the University of Iowa. The researchers looked at soda taxes in four cities -- and...

Sally Pipes in WSJ: Medicare for All Could Mean Doctors for None

February 10, 2020

Healthcare

Professional groups representing doctors are buying into Democratic plans to remake health care—and thereby acting against the interests of their members. The American College of Physicians, the second-largest organization of U.S. doctors, recently came out in support of either a public option or single payer....