Commentary
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Compared to Other Nations, the U.S. Health Care System Isn’t So Bad
Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress. Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of ...
Commentary
No to Socialized Medicine for Already Overburdened Veterans
A bill introduced by U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., last week promises to make private healthcare more accessible to veterans. The Complete the Mission Act expands on a similar measure signed into law in 2018 by President Trump. The GOP’s renewed interest in this issue ...
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Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan
The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. It’s reasonable to expect market-oriented changes that lead to more choices, lower costs and better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. One of the most important actions Trump ...
Commentary
Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally
President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
Commentary
What’s up with US life expectancy?
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
Commentary
Dear Elon, Add Medicare ‘Site-Neutrality’ To DOGE’s To-Do List
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth. One of the best places to start would ...
Commentary
Power to the Patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than the bloated, over-regulated mess it is today. And that will require ...
Commentary
Congress must act now to stop Medicare physician pay cuts
Doctors in private practice could soon be ringing in the new year by reducing the services they offer, laying off staff, or even preparing to close their practices. That’s because the federal government is set to slash the reimbursements they receive from Medicare come January. The proposed cuts would have ...
Classroom Ideology
Looming ‘enrollment cliff’ for high school graduates threatens future of higher education
U.S. high schools will graduate a record 3.9 million students in 2025 before entering a long decline that threatens the future of higher education, a report shows. In findings published Wednesday, the nonprofit Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education projected the headcount of public and private high school graduates will ...
California
Making the incarcerated work is not slavery
On Election Day, Bear Flag Republic voters confronted — along with referenda on increased bond funding for public schools and in-state colleges, the creation of a constitutional right to marriage, and an increase in the $16 per hour minimum wage — a proposal to eliminate so-called involuntary servitude, the California ...
Compared to Other Nations, the U.S. Health Care System Isn’t So Bad
Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress. Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of ...
No to Socialized Medicine for Already Overburdened Veterans
A bill introduced by U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., last week promises to make private healthcare more accessible to veterans. The Complete the Mission Act expands on a similar measure signed into law in 2018 by President Trump. The GOP’s renewed interest in this issue ...
Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan
The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. It’s reasonable to expect market-oriented changes that lead to more choices, lower costs and better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. One of the most important actions Trump ...
Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally
President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
What’s up with US life expectancy?
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
Dear Elon, Add Medicare ‘Site-Neutrality’ To DOGE’s To-Do List
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth. One of the best places to start would ...
Power to the Patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than the bloated, over-regulated mess it is today. And that will require ...
Congress must act now to stop Medicare physician pay cuts
Doctors in private practice could soon be ringing in the new year by reducing the services they offer, laying off staff, or even preparing to close their practices. That’s because the federal government is set to slash the reimbursements they receive from Medicare come January. The proposed cuts would have ...
Looming ‘enrollment cliff’ for high school graduates threatens future of higher education
U.S. high schools will graduate a record 3.9 million students in 2025 before entering a long decline that threatens the future of higher education, a report shows. In findings published Wednesday, the nonprofit Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education projected the headcount of public and private high school graduates will ...
Making the incarcerated work is not slavery
On Election Day, Bear Flag Republic voters confronted — along with referenda on increased bond funding for public schools and in-state colleges, the creation of a constitutional right to marriage, and an increase in the $16 per hour minimum wage — a proposal to eliminate so-called involuntary servitude, the California ...
