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Becerra Grilled on Putting Politics Before Health Policy

Bonner R Cohen -
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a wide range of White House health policies during a hearing of the House Ways and...

Biden Administration Limits Short-Term Health Insurance to 90 Days

AnneMarie Schieber -
Uninsured individuals will no longer be allowed to purchase short-term limited-duration insurance (STLDI) with a term of more than 90 days, plus a one-month...

Short term Health Plans Plus Indemnity Plans Offer Huge Savings – Commentary

John C. Goodman -
Indemnity Insurance is on the Block We would have very few public policy problems if we followed one of my rules for rational public policy:...

Medical Debt Forgiveness Advancing

Kenneth Artz -
Americans owe at least $220 billion in medical debt, according to a KFF analysis of government survey data, and there is growing support to...

Researchers Study Repurposing Old Drugs to Treat Cancer

Bonner R Cohen -
A team of U.S. clinicians has launched a first-of-its-kind observational study on how repurposed drugs with expired patents, such as ivermectin, might help in...

States Revise Medical Licensing to Ease Doctor Shortage

AnneMarie Schieber -
Several states are extending medical licenses to foreign and assistant doctors to fill shortages of physicians that are projected to reach 86,000 nationwide, by...

Lower-Income Americans Could Soon Have Access to HSAs

AnneMarie Schieber -
Lower-income Americans who get a cost-sharing reduction (CSR) from their Obamacare health insurance could soon set aside part of that money to spend on...

France Criminalizes Opposition to mRNA Injections

Kenneth Artz -
France enacted a controversial new law in February that critics say could be used against anyone opposing injections with mRNA vaccines or other treatments...

Texas Collects More than $700 Million from Medicaid Fraud Probes

Kenneth Artz -
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has recovered more than $200 million in improper or fraudulent payments to medical providers, suppliers,...

Health Professionals Dodge Abortion Bans Using Telemed ‘Shield’ Laws

Harry Painter -
Health care professionals are not waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether it is constitutional to send abortion pills through the mail. Beginning...

Legislation Aims to Protect Drug Research for Rare Diseases

Ashley Bateman -
U.S. House members introduced bipartisan legislation to reverse sanctions on small-molecule medicines in early February, providing new hope for people with rare diseases. Proposed by...

Georgia Moves Certificate of Need Reform

Matt Dean -
Georgia moves Certificate of Need (CON) reform legislation that restricts most proposed medical facilities, reducing competition. By Matt Dean Certificate of Need (CON) restrictions prohibit most proposed...

Food and Drug Administration to Remove Anti-Ivermectin Posts in Settlement

Heartland Author -
Food and Drug Administration to remove anti-ivermectin posts from the Internet in a settlement with doctors who sued the agency. By Debra Heine The Food and Drug...

Teens Home Alone, Using Drugs

Ashley Bateman -
More than half of adolescents misusing prescription drugs are doing so in isolation, increasing the risk of overdose deaths, according to a new study...

John Stossel: ’15 Days to Slow the Spread’

John Stossel -
Four years ago, government officials told us, "Stay home!" We have "15 days to slow the spread." Days turned into months and then years, while...

Michigan Requires Coverage of Expensive Cancer Therapies

AnneMarie Schieber -
The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) issued a bulletin reminding health insurance companies they are bound by Michigan law to cover...

White House Pressured Amazon to Ban Books on COVID-19 as ‘Misinformation’

Harry Painter -
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) revealed documents showing the White House pressured Amazon to censor books related to the COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021,...

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AnneMarie Schieber
AnneMarie Schieber is a research fellow at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Health Care News, Heartland's monthly newspaper for health care reform.

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