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Slowdown in Medicare Spending—Real or Imagined?
For reasons not entirely clear, Medicare spending since 2011 has fallen below Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.
The New York Times (NYT) ran articles on...
Can the Left and Right Agree on Health Reform? – Commentary
In their book, We’ve Got You Covered, Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein call for universal health insurance coverage, with no increase in government spending.
It’s...
Canadian Mental Health Patient Offered Suicide Option
A patient in Canada says her clinician asked if she might consider assisted suicide, the Globe and Mail reported on August 9.
A 37-year-old Vancouver...
Medicare Drugs on the Chopping Block – Commentary
By Grace-Marie Turner and Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
The Biden administration announced the first 10 prescription drugs it will target in its newly authorized drug price...
Census Bureau Asks for Children’s Health Information
The U.S. Census Bureau is gathering information from select households to “improve the health of children and families throughout the United States.”
According to a...
Health Insurance Can Be Hazardous to Your Health – Commentary
Most Americans rely on some form of medical insurance to give them peace of mind when facing health needs.
It is understandable why people fear...
Health Plan Provides Blueprint for GOP Candidates
A new health care reform plan titled “Choices for All,” published by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, recommends several key changes to federal...
Health Care Bills Would Remove Obstacles to Direct Primary Care
Legislation in the U.S. House and Senate would give individuals the same tax advantages employers have to make their own health care arrangements, such...
Bills Target Health Care Price Transparency
A deeply divided Congress is scrambling to pass bills addressing health care price transparency before the end of the federal fiscal year on September...
Biden Torpedoes Short Term Health Insurance
Campaigning for the presidency in 2019, Joe Biden assured voters he would not eliminate private health insurance plans.
Biden even told an audience in Iowa, “If you have...
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Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Black Teens in Chicago More Than Doubled During the Pandemic
The portion of young Chicagoans neither going to school nor working is returning to pre-COVID levels — but it’s an uneven recovery that has...
Biden’s Tariffs on China Are Just for Show – Analysis
China’s economy has been dull for years and now US-China economic relations, hype aside, are dull too. The Biden administration today announced a tariff review basically repeating Trump...
U.S. Crime Stats Flawed
U.S. crime stats flawed by under-reporting and under-enforcement, as wait times for a police response increase, and Americans say crime is up.
By James Varney
Americans can...
