Health Care
Commentary
Flattening the Curve Is Still the Right Answer.
The COVID-19 trends in the United States are moving in the wrong direction. More than 4,200 deaths occurred during the week of July 5th, and the highest number of new infections in a single day—more than 66,000—was reported on July 10th. As the numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths surge ...
Coronavirus
Sally Pipes Talks COVID-19 Remdisivir Treatment on Alabama Morning News
Sally C. Pipes joined JT Nysewamder on Alabama Morning News in Birmingham to talk about the latest developments with the drug remdisivir. The drug, produced by Gilead, is being studied for potential use against COVID-19. Pipes and JT also discuss the cost of the drug, and how expensive it is ...
Business & Economics
A Better Alternative to More Coronavirus Stimulus Spending and Loan Programs
By Rod Richardson and Wayne Winegarden As the nation grapples with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Senate may soon consider another federal stimulus package. Some politicians favor trillions in additional federal spending and lending, but before we further explode the debt and deficit, let’s pause and think about what ...
Commentary
We know how to safely reopen the country
More than eight in 10 Americans fear a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, according to recent polling from Ipsos. Some cities and states have halted efforts to reopen their economies, in response to rising case counts. But there’s no reason to be fearful. We now have enough information about the coronavirus and ...
Commentary
Will COVID-19 launch an epidemic of cancer?
With coronavirus cases spiking, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an order halting the state’s reopening and banning elective procedures in hot-spot counties. As more states see viral outbreaks, many governors will be tempted to follow Gov. Abbott’s example. But COVID-19 is not the only threat to public health. Millions ...
Commentary
Reforms Should Empower Healthcare Entrepreneurs Not Bureaucrats
Unaffordable healthcare is an unnecessary access barrier that has burdened too many people with financially ruinous debt. Worsening these outcomes, healthcare waste is excessive, and productivity is stagnating. In response, more and more policymakers are favoring reforms that would nationalize healthcare or create a public health insurance option. Further socializing ...
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller and Lars Larson Talk COVID Surge and PPE
Dr. Henry Miller joins the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show to talk about the latest changes in the coronavirus, or COVID-19, including the developments in the American southwest including steps the public can take to stop the spread of coronavirus and the dwindling number of hospital beds. Miller talks about why ...
Commentary
Dems Want to Use Medicaid to Incinerate Yet More Taxpayer Money
Congressional Democrats are looking to put billions more federal dollars into Medicaid as part of their plan to fight COVID-19. The HEROES Act, which narrowly passed the House in May, would temporarily increase the share of the program’s spending covered by the federal government, to the tune of $45 billion ...
Commentary
Expand Medicaid? Democrats’ plan would increase waste, fraud and debt
If Democrats can’t get “Medicare-for-all,” it seems they’ll settle for “Medicaid-for-most.” Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would supposedly “stabilize” ObamaCare by lavishing billions of dollars on Medicaid. To pay for that effort, the bill’s proponents envision cutting Medicare by nearly $450 billion over 10 years. Democrats are also lobbying states to expand the program to able-bodied, ...
Commentary
Telehealth’s Success During COVID-19 Shows Need to Empower Health Care Innovators
The COVID-19 crisis has tested America’s health care system like no other event in recent memory. One irony during this pandemic is that America has actually experienced the promise of health care innovation in an important way, namely through telehealth. Telehealth allows patients to talk with their doctors online using ...
Flattening the Curve Is Still the Right Answer.
The COVID-19 trends in the United States are moving in the wrong direction. More than 4,200 deaths occurred during the week of July 5th, and the highest number of new infections in a single day—more than 66,000—was reported on July 10th. As the numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths surge ...
Sally Pipes Talks COVID-19 Remdisivir Treatment on Alabama Morning News
Sally C. Pipes joined JT Nysewamder on Alabama Morning News in Birmingham to talk about the latest developments with the drug remdisivir. The drug, produced by Gilead, is being studied for potential use against COVID-19. Pipes and JT also discuss the cost of the drug, and how expensive it is ...
A Better Alternative to More Coronavirus Stimulus Spending and Loan Programs
By Rod Richardson and Wayne Winegarden As the nation grapples with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Senate may soon consider another federal stimulus package. Some politicians favor trillions in additional federal spending and lending, but before we further explode the debt and deficit, let’s pause and think about what ...
We know how to safely reopen the country
More than eight in 10 Americans fear a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, according to recent polling from Ipsos. Some cities and states have halted efforts to reopen their economies, in response to rising case counts. But there’s no reason to be fearful. We now have enough information about the coronavirus and ...
Will COVID-19 launch an epidemic of cancer?
With coronavirus cases spiking, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an order halting the state’s reopening and banning elective procedures in hot-spot counties. As more states see viral outbreaks, many governors will be tempted to follow Gov. Abbott’s example. But COVID-19 is not the only threat to public health. Millions ...
Reforms Should Empower Healthcare Entrepreneurs Not Bureaucrats
Unaffordable healthcare is an unnecessary access barrier that has burdened too many people with financially ruinous debt. Worsening these outcomes, healthcare waste is excessive, and productivity is stagnating. In response, more and more policymakers are favoring reforms that would nationalize healthcare or create a public health insurance option. Further socializing ...
Dr. Henry Miller and Lars Larson Talk COVID Surge and PPE
Dr. Henry Miller joins the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show to talk about the latest changes in the coronavirus, or COVID-19, including the developments in the American southwest including steps the public can take to stop the spread of coronavirus and the dwindling number of hospital beds. Miller talks about why ...
Dems Want to Use Medicaid to Incinerate Yet More Taxpayer Money
Congressional Democrats are looking to put billions more federal dollars into Medicaid as part of their plan to fight COVID-19. The HEROES Act, which narrowly passed the House in May, would temporarily increase the share of the program’s spending covered by the federal government, to the tune of $45 billion ...
Expand Medicaid? Democrats’ plan would increase waste, fraud and debt
If Democrats can’t get “Medicare-for-all,” it seems they’ll settle for “Medicaid-for-most.” Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would supposedly “stabilize” ObamaCare by lavishing billions of dollars on Medicaid. To pay for that effort, the bill’s proponents envision cutting Medicare by nearly $450 billion over 10 years. Democrats are also lobbying states to expand the program to able-bodied, ...
Telehealth’s Success During COVID-19 Shows Need to Empower Health Care Innovators
The COVID-19 crisis has tested America’s health care system like no other event in recent memory. One irony during this pandemic is that America has actually experienced the promise of health care innovation in an important way, namely through telehealth. Telehealth allows patients to talk with their doctors online using ...
