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Congress Considers Bill to Ban Use of Value of Life Metrics
A bill to ban metrics used to evaluate medical interventions is advancing in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Protecting Health Care for All Patients...
State Legislatures Expand Competition in Health Care Markets
Several state legislatures are considering health care reforms that lower government barriers to competition and ease patients’ access to drugs and treatments.
With federal action...
Texas Senate Bill Would Expand Patients’ Right to Treatment
SB 773 would prohibit anyone working for the state to block a patient’s access to an investigational treatment. Without such a provision, federal authorities could take aggressive action against entities giving unapproved treatments, such as withholding federal funding.
U.S. Life Expectancy Decreased by Three Years in the Past Two Years
According to estimates from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a June preprint study, as well as other research on the topic, the average life expectancy for Americans has declined from 79 years in 2019 to about 76 in 2021.
Doctors Turn to Light Therapy to Manage Pain
“I have been using PBM in my practice for 30 years, and in that time, I never write prescriptions for post-op opioid narcotic prescriptions."
Masks on Kids Defy the Facts – Commentary
"We have known since the beginning of the pandemic that children are the least likely to spread COVID, the least likely to be harmed by COVID, and the most likely to be harmed from COVID-restrictions."
Biden Shows Openness to Trump Health Care Reforms
As part of his executive order (EO) to promote competitiveness in the U.S. economy, President Biden included health provisions that build on Trump-era reforms initiatives to improve patient choice.
Promising Alzheimer’s Drug Under Attack for Cost
FDA approved Aduhelm under its “accelerated approval pathway” because “it provides a meaningful therapeutic advantage over existing treatments.”
Pop Culture Rethinks Obesity to Prevent “Body Shaming”
"When someone is overweight and we instruct them of the benefits of healthier lifestyle which can result in weight loss, it is not intended as a pejorative but rather fulfilling our oath to assist them in living a longer more fulfilling and functional life.”
Health Reforms in Jeopardy Under New Administration
Several Trump health care reforms could find themselves in the crosshairs if the Biden administration puts focus on government-directed expansion of coverage rather than providing choice to patients.
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‘Skyrocketing’ Chronic Illness Rates Prompt Concerns in Congress
With health care expenditures soon to reach 19 percent of U.S. Gross National Product (GDP), the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee announced the...
Medical Groupthink Makes People Sicker, Analysts Argue
Medicine has a huge “blind spot” that has led to an explosion of childhood obesity, diabetes, autism, peanut allergies, and autoimmune diseases in the...
Speech: ‘Silicon Curtain’ Is Protecting Government Censorship
Citing Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” metaphor describing the Cold War division of Europe, health care policy expert Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told an audience, “We...
