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Medicare for All Wouldn’t Have Saved Us From COVID

Could Medicare for All have averted more than 330,000 deaths over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s the claim of a new study published by 10 researchers from four different universities in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To arrive at their figures, the authors compared the mortality ...
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Dems’ Reconciliation Package Obscures Obamacare’s Failures With Taxpayer Cash

With fewer than 100 days until the midterms and President Biden’s approval rating underwater, Democrats are desperate for a political win they can trumpet on the campaign trail. They’re hoping the deceptively named Inflation Reduction Act is it. At the center of the bill is $64 billion in subsidies for health insurance purchased through ...
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Telehealth: A Great “Parenting Tool”

Telehealth experiments during the pandemic confirmed the immense positive impact that virtual options provide to communities. It helps individuals in rural areas, those struggling with mental health crises, the poor, and even individuals with rare disorders. Speaking more generally, equipping young families with telehealth options also greatly helps parents. I ...
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Don’t Look for Inflation Reduction to Come from Capitol Hill

Democrats have christened their reconciliation bill, which is slated to hit the U.S. Senate floor this weekend, the “Inflation Reduction Act.” It’s a serious bit of false advertising. According to a new study from the Penn Wharton Budget Model at the University of Pennsylvania, the bill would have next to no ...
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Inflation act will fuel higher insurance premiums

The Senate is set to consider the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ massive budget reconciliation legislation. President Joe Biden has stumped for the bill’s hundreds of billions in tax hikes on corporations as a way to ensure they “pay their fair share.” But many of those dollars will subsidize the purchases of people who ...
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In the wake of Biden’s COVID-19 infections, here’s what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound

By Henry Miller and Josh Bloom President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid. This phenomenon is not unusual, and it suggests that ...
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A Birthday Wish For Medicare And Medicaid: Less Waste And Better Care

This Saturday, July 30, marked 57 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as part of his “Great Society.” For almost six decades, the healthcare entitlements have grown increasingly costly and expansive while delivering subpar care to beneficiaries. Consider Medicare, the health plan for Americans 65 and ...
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Should the federal government forgive medical debt?

Progressives claim that medical debt leads to financial ruin for hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., recently argued that the high cost of health care is pushing so many people into bankruptcy that the government must cancel medical debt. It’s the precursor to his call ...
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‘Speak Out Act’ Hardly Pro-women

A new proposal in Congress aims to allow victims of sexual misconduct to go public with their stories. That goal is admirable. But — as written — the legislation, the Speak Out Act, which was introduced in both the House and Senate in recent weeks will force victims to go public, even if they don’t want to. That’s hardly pro-women. ...
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Watch: Wayne Winegarden Discusses Impact of “Inflation Reduction” Bill on Innovation

Watch PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden, director of the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, discuss how the drug price control provisions in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act will impact innovation in an interview on NTD Business.
Commentary

Medicare for All Wouldn’t Have Saved Us From COVID

Could Medicare for All have averted more than 330,000 deaths over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s the claim of a new study published by 10 researchers from four different universities in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To arrive at their figures, the authors compared the mortality ...
Commentary

Dems’ Reconciliation Package Obscures Obamacare’s Failures With Taxpayer Cash

With fewer than 100 days until the midterms and President Biden’s approval rating underwater, Democrats are desperate for a political win they can trumpet on the campaign trail. They’re hoping the deceptively named Inflation Reduction Act is it. At the center of the bill is $64 billion in subsidies for health insurance purchased through ...
Blog

Telehealth: A Great “Parenting Tool”

Telehealth experiments during the pandemic confirmed the immense positive impact that virtual options provide to communities. It helps individuals in rural areas, those struggling with mental health crises, the poor, and even individuals with rare disorders. Speaking more generally, equipping young families with telehealth options also greatly helps parents. I ...
Commentary

Don’t Look for Inflation Reduction to Come from Capitol Hill

Democrats have christened their reconciliation bill, which is slated to hit the U.S. Senate floor this weekend, the “Inflation Reduction Act.” It’s a serious bit of false advertising. According to a new study from the Penn Wharton Budget Model at the University of Pennsylvania, the bill would have next to no ...
Commentary

Inflation act will fuel higher insurance premiums

The Senate is set to consider the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ massive budget reconciliation legislation. President Joe Biden has stumped for the bill’s hundreds of billions in tax hikes on corporations as a way to ensure they “pay their fair share.” But many of those dollars will subsidize the purchases of people who ...
Commentary

In the wake of Biden’s COVID-19 infections, here’s what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound

By Henry Miller and Josh Bloom President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid. This phenomenon is not unusual, and it suggests that ...
Commentary

A Birthday Wish For Medicare And Medicaid: Less Waste And Better Care

This Saturday, July 30, marked 57 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as part of his “Great Society.” For almost six decades, the healthcare entitlements have grown increasingly costly and expansive while delivering subpar care to beneficiaries. Consider Medicare, the health plan for Americans 65 and ...
Commentary

Should the federal government forgive medical debt?

Progressives claim that medical debt leads to financial ruin for hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., recently argued that the high cost of health care is pushing so many people into bankruptcy that the government must cancel medical debt. It’s the precursor to his call ...
Commentary

‘Speak Out Act’ Hardly Pro-women

A new proposal in Congress aims to allow victims of sexual misconduct to go public with their stories. That goal is admirable. But — as written — the legislation, the Speak Out Act, which was introduced in both the House and Senate in recent weeks will force victims to go public, even if they don’t want to. That’s hardly pro-women. ...
Featured

Watch: Wayne Winegarden Discusses Impact of “Inflation Reduction” Bill on Innovation

Watch PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden, director of the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, discuss how the drug price control provisions in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act will impact innovation in an interview on NTD Business.
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