Commentary
			Commentary				
			
		Don’t Fall for Biden’s Obamacare Boosterism
			The open enrollment period for HealthCare.gov came to a close last week. And at the end of this month, open enrollment in many of the states that run their own marketplaces will close. As of Jan. 11, the most recent date for which the government has data, roughly 15.9 million people have purchased ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			January 25, 2023		
				
					
			California				
			
		Cali’s Climate Change Budget Cuts Show Programs Are More About Politics Than Cutting Emissions
			Sobered by the reality of a budget deficit, the governor has proposed cutting money for climate programs. It was surely a hard choice, but practical. Something has to go and there’s no better place to show spending discipline than by holding back funds dedicated to a political fantasy. After years ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			January 25, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary				
			
		Bernie Sanders wants universal health care. Canada shows why that’s a bad idea.
			Sen. Bernie Sanders would do well to look at what’s happening across our northern border before he tries to advance legislation that would import Canada’s single-payer health care system, where the government is the only insurer. The new chairman of the influential Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, he’s made clear ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			January 23, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary				
			
		Sorry, we have to raise Medicare’s eligibility age
			The United States hit its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion Thursday. As a result, Republicans and Democrats are jousting over how to raise the federal government’s borrowing limit. Democrats have insisted on raising the debt ceiling without any conditions. Republicans, meanwhile, are looking to cut federal spending in exchange for any increase in the ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			January 23, 2023		
				
					
			Classroom Ideology				
			
		Parents revolted against critical race theory. Here’s how they won
			The recent action by a California school board to ban the use of critical race theory in instruction highlights the uprising of parents over political indoctrination in the classroom. As in many school districts, a pro-parent slate of candidates recently won a majority on the school board in Temecula in ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Lance Izumi		
				
																						
			January 18, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary				
			
		Transparency Is A Necessary First Step Toward A Better Healthcare System
			The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services has issued a new joint federal rule. Another federal mandate is hardly newsworthy, but one devised under the Trump Administration and eagerly implemented by the Biden Administration is certainly unique. Beyond the politics, the Transparency in Coverage rule, while not ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			January 18, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary				
			
		Grave Mistake to Fix Drug Prices Without Esteem for Their Value
			Democrats remain fixated on prescription drug prices. Last August, they managed to include price controls on drugs dispensed through Medicare in the Inflation Reduction Act. And they’re not done meddling. Earlier this month, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, called on President Biden to unilaterally suspend drug patents in order “to address the crisis ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			January 17, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary				
			
		Close The Border To Canadian Health Care
			Next week, the U.S. Senate will return to work in Washington. Several key committees will welcome new leaders, including the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which will be led by Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sen. Sanders has promised to make “universal health care” a focus of his tenure atop the ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			January 17, 2023		
				
					
			Classroom Ideology				
			
		The Critical Race Theory debate is turning parents into unlikely activists
			Critical Race Theory (CRT) is among the most divisive doctrines to ever threaten America’s schoolchildren, and it has sparked an unprecedented grassroots uprising of parents whose stories of ideological resistance have been detailed in our new book The Great Parent Revolt. A multidisciplinary education philosophy that places race at the center ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Lance Izumi		
				
																						
			January 14, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary				
			
		Don’t Buy Progressives’ Medical Debt Myth
			More than four in ten adults have medical debt, according to recent research from the Kaiser Family Foundation.  That has prompted several states to take action. Arizona voters recently approved a ballot measure capping interest rates on medical debt and protecting more personal property from creditors. New York has enacted legislation prohibiting healthcare providers from placing ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			January 12, 2023		
				
					Don’t Fall for Biden’s Obamacare Boosterism
			The open enrollment period for HealthCare.gov came to a close last week. And at the end of this month, open enrollment in many of the states that run their own marketplaces will close. As of Jan. 11, the most recent date for which the government has data, roughly 15.9 million people have purchased ...		
					Cali’s Climate Change Budget Cuts Show Programs Are More About Politics Than Cutting Emissions
			Sobered by the reality of a budget deficit, the governor has proposed cutting money for climate programs. It was surely a hard choice, but practical. Something has to go and there’s no better place to show spending discipline than by holding back funds dedicated to a political fantasy. After years ...		
					Bernie Sanders wants universal health care. Canada shows why that’s a bad idea.
			Sen. Bernie Sanders would do well to look at what’s happening across our northern border before he tries to advance legislation that would import Canada’s single-payer health care system, where the government is the only insurer. The new chairman of the influential Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, he’s made clear ...		
					Sorry, we have to raise Medicare’s eligibility age
			The United States hit its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion Thursday. As a result, Republicans and Democrats are jousting over how to raise the federal government’s borrowing limit. Democrats have insisted on raising the debt ceiling without any conditions. Republicans, meanwhile, are looking to cut federal spending in exchange for any increase in the ...		
					Parents revolted against critical race theory. Here’s how they won
			The recent action by a California school board to ban the use of critical race theory in instruction highlights the uprising of parents over political indoctrination in the classroom. As in many school districts, a pro-parent slate of candidates recently won a majority on the school board in Temecula in ...		
					Transparency Is A Necessary First Step Toward A Better Healthcare System
			The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services has issued a new joint federal rule. Another federal mandate is hardly newsworthy, but one devised under the Trump Administration and eagerly implemented by the Biden Administration is certainly unique. Beyond the politics, the Transparency in Coverage rule, while not ...		
					Grave Mistake to Fix Drug Prices Without Esteem for Their Value
			Democrats remain fixated on prescription drug prices. Last August, they managed to include price controls on drugs dispensed through Medicare in the Inflation Reduction Act. And they’re not done meddling. Earlier this month, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, called on President Biden to unilaterally suspend drug patents in order “to address the crisis ...		
					Close The Border To Canadian Health Care
			Next week, the U.S. Senate will return to work in Washington. Several key committees will welcome new leaders, including the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which will be led by Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sen. Sanders has promised to make “universal health care” a focus of his tenure atop the ...		
					The Critical Race Theory debate is turning parents into unlikely activists
			Critical Race Theory (CRT) is among the most divisive doctrines to ever threaten America’s schoolchildren, and it has sparked an unprecedented grassroots uprising of parents whose stories of ideological resistance have been detailed in our new book The Great Parent Revolt. A multidisciplinary education philosophy that places race at the center ...		
					Don’t Buy Progressives’ Medical Debt Myth
			More than four in ten adults have medical debt, according to recent research from the Kaiser Family Foundation.  That has prompted several states to take action. Arizona voters recently approved a ballot measure capping interest rates on medical debt and protecting more personal property from creditors. New York has enacted legislation prohibiting healthcare providers from placing ...