San Francisco’s “Progressive” Drug Policies Kill Hundreds Annually
Last year, 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco. To put this in perspective, 173 people died from COVID-19, which is identified as the primary public health crisis in…
Impartial Independent Dispute Resolution Needed for Surprise Medical Bills
Large unexpected expenses are never welcome. No one likes a costly surprise. That may explain why Congress is talking about government imposing a “fix” to “protect” patients from surprise medical…
Shedding light on AARP
“Saturday Night Live” is known for many things, especially the commercial spoofs that for decades have lampooned merchandise and marketing trends. One of the most iconic featured Chevy Chase as…
Doing Dialysis Differently – Savings Lives, Saving Money
If all you did was listen to the politicians and commentators, you’d think America’s health care system was on the verge of collapse. Nothing could be further from the truth.…
The Costs Of Regulation And Centralization In Health Care
Introduction The overall goal of US health care reform is to broaden access for all Americans to high-quality medical care at lower cost. In response to a large uninsured population…
Trump’s controversial rally
Trump held his first post-lockdown rally last evening in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There was controversy before, during and after the event. Criticism was not confined to the content of the speech…
The Marketplace Drives Prices Down and Quality Up
Unexpected expenses are never welcome and no one likes a costly surprise. So it’s no wonder that there is a lot of talk in Washington and Congress about “protecting” patients…
Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Responding to COVID-19 in Such Different Ways
In a 2008 TED Talk, psychologist Jonathan Haidt said the worst idea in psychology is the notion that humans are born as a “blank slate.” Like the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker,…
60 Plus Association: Coalition Letter Urging Opposition to Price Controls on the Healthcare System
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 — The 60 Plus Association issued the following letter: To: President Donald J. Trump, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20500; The Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200…
How America Arrived at the Cruel New Normal
Very soon, you and I will have to figure out how to navigate a semi-open America where coronavirus is a terrible fact of life. The lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that…
The Hospital Crisis of Our Making
We had to destroy the hospitals to save them. You could be forgiven for thinking that’s the upshot of the coronavirus lockdowns that have suspended elective surgeries and generally discouraged…
Cashing in on the COVID Crisis
The American people usually put their differences aside in troubling times, pull together, and keep moving forward. The COVID crisis has proven the exception. Whether it’s because it set upon…
Millions Shelter To Protect The Elderly, But Biden Advisor Thinks Old People Should Just Die
NBC News and MSNBC recently announced that Ezekiel Emanuel, the chief Obamacare architect and brother of President Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has been hired as a “medical contributor.”…
YES, WE NEED A 9/11-STYLE CORONAVIRUS COMMISSION—APPOINTED BY TRUMP | OPINION
When last seen, California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff was off licking his wounds following the United States Senate’s refusal to ratify his assertion President Donald Trump had acted in a…
A Thought: Put the Cruise Industry to Work Fighting COVID-19
Someday, someone will tell the real story of how the COVID-19 crisis came to be. A lot of that will focus on how the Chinese Communists, by keeping the world…