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Read the latest on the Veterans Health Administration

Veterans have waited long enough for health reform

Republicans in Congress are moving forward with a new bill that would enable veterans to seek medical care outside the Veterans Health Administration. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act earlier this month. The measure has already attracted the support of more than a dozen GOP …

Business & Economics

Read the latest on ESG

There The SEC Goes Again

President Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly becoming an advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activists to the detriment of its core mission. In its latest iteration, the SEC is using its enforcement discretion to roll back recent reforms to rule 14a-8. These changes make it more …

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READ THE LATEST ON SB 525

$25 Hospital Minimum Wage Bill Would Boost Some Workers at Expense of Patients

When lawmakers feel they have no boundaries, as is the case in California, ideas that would have little to no chance elsewhere not only get a hearing, but become law. This explains how the mere thought of hiking the minimum wage for health care workers and support staff to $25 …

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Read Why Single Payer Health Care Is Bad For CA Patients

California’s ‘public option’ revival ends badly for patients

Once a rallying cry for pragmatic Democrats, the “public option” has fallen on hard times. Several recent attempts to create such a government-run insurance plan at the state level have proven unworkable, unpopular, or both. And despite the support of President Joe Biden, the prospects for a federal public option …

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Read how shoplifting effects pharmacy shortages

Pharmacies Keep Closing: Blame Shoplifting and Intentional Pharmacist Shortages

While local and national media outlets frequently report on food deserts, particularly in cities that lack sufficient grocery stores, there is one major shortage that goes largely unnoticed by the press: pharmacies. “Pharmacy deserts” pose a real threat, particularly for vulnerable populations. This is something I’ve seen firsthand. Last year, …

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Take An X To The Public Health Insurance Option

There’s an old proverb—everything old is new again. That is certainly true for healthcare policy. Last month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2023, the single-payer health plan the Vermont socialist has been pushing for years. President Biden will surely dust off his old proposal for a …

California

READ THE LATEST ON CA'S BULLET TRAIN

Iowa senator looks to throw the emergency brake on far overbudget spending on out-of-control train projects

California is in dire need of federal funds to keep its high-speed rail dream alive. But a Midwestern senator is standing athwart the “gravy train” yelling stop. Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst recently introduced the Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act, a to-the-point bill to withhold federal aid from transit construction …

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Read the latest on Sen Bernie's plan for Medicare for All

May We Never Know Dysfunction, Cruelty of Public Health Care

“The current health care system in the United States is totally broken,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said at a recent event on Capitol Hill. “It is totally dysfunctional, and it is extremely cruel.” His preferred fix remains Medicare for All — a sweeping government takeover of health insurance. His latest …

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Implementing work requirements should be a legislative priority

Medicaid work requirements aren’t in the debt limit deal. They should’ve been

President Joe Biden signed a measure on Saturday that suspended the country’s debt limit after weeks of wrangling with Republicans in the House. The legislation averts a default on the nation’s debt. Democrats managed to keep Medicaid work requirements out of the final compromise . That’s a shame. The proposal would have helped rein in federal spending while …

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Read Sally Pipes' latest on health care reform

Repeal laws that stifle health care competition

Patients in several states could soon find it easier to access life-saving medical care, if state legislators and executive officials eliminate so-called certificate-of-need restrictions for new acute-care hospitals in rural areas. Certificate-of-need laws require health care providers to get a state government’s sign-off before building new facilities, expanding existing ones, …

Commentary

Read the latest on the Veterans Health Administration

Veterans have waited long enough for health reform

Republicans in Congress are moving forward with a new bill that would enable veterans to seek medical care outside the Veterans Health Administration. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act earlier this month. The measure has already attracted the support of more than a dozen GOP …

Business & Economics

Read the latest on ESG

There The SEC Goes Again

President Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly becoming an advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activists to the detriment of its core mission. In its latest iteration, the SEC is using its enforcement discretion to roll back recent reforms to rule 14a-8. These changes make it more …

Commentary

READ THE LATEST ON SB 525

$25 Hospital Minimum Wage Bill Would Boost Some Workers at Expense of Patients

When lawmakers feel they have no boundaries, as is the case in California, ideas that would have little to no chance elsewhere not only get a hearing, but become law. This explains how the mere thought of hiking the minimum wage for health care workers and support staff to $25 …

Commentary

Read Why Single Payer Health Care Is Bad For CA Patients

California’s ‘public option’ revival ends badly for patients

Once a rallying cry for pragmatic Democrats, the “public option” has fallen on hard times. Several recent attempts to create such a government-run insurance plan at the state level have proven unworkable, unpopular, or both. And despite the support of President Joe Biden, the prospects for a federal public option …

Commentary

Read how shoplifting effects pharmacy shortages

Pharmacies Keep Closing: Blame Shoplifting and Intentional Pharmacist Shortages

While local and national media outlets frequently report on food deserts, particularly in cities that lack sufficient grocery stores, there is one major shortage that goes largely unnoticed by the press: pharmacies. “Pharmacy deserts” pose a real threat, particularly for vulnerable populations. This is something I’ve seen firsthand. Last year, …

Commentary

Take An X To The Public Health Insurance Option

There’s an old proverb—everything old is new again. That is certainly true for healthcare policy. Last month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2023, the single-payer health plan the Vermont socialist has been pushing for years. President Biden will surely dust off his old proposal for a …

California

READ THE LATEST ON CA'S BULLET TRAIN

Iowa senator looks to throw the emergency brake on far overbudget spending on out-of-control train projects

California is in dire need of federal funds to keep its high-speed rail dream alive. But a Midwestern senator is standing athwart the “gravy train” yelling stop. Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst recently introduced the Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act, a to-the-point bill to withhold federal aid from transit construction …

Commentary

Read the latest on Sen Bernie's plan for Medicare for All

May We Never Know Dysfunction, Cruelty of Public Health Care

“The current health care system in the United States is totally broken,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said at a recent event on Capitol Hill. “It is totally dysfunctional, and it is extremely cruel.” His preferred fix remains Medicare for All — a sweeping government takeover of health insurance. His latest …

Commentary

Implementing work requirements should be a legislative priority

Medicaid work requirements aren’t in the debt limit deal. They should’ve been

President Joe Biden signed a measure on Saturday that suspended the country’s debt limit after weeks of wrangling with Republicans in the House. The legislation averts a default on the nation’s debt. Democrats managed to keep Medicaid work requirements out of the final compromise . That’s a shame. The proposal would have helped rein in federal spending while …

Commentary

Read Sally Pipes' latest on health care reform

Repeal laws that stifle health care competition

Patients in several states could soon find it easier to access life-saving medical care, if state legislators and executive officials eliminate so-called certificate-of-need restrictions for new acute-care hospitals in rural areas. Certificate-of-need laws require health care providers to get a state government’s sign-off before building new facilities, expanding existing ones, …

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