Health Care Reform
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Read about Biden admin push to take away health care choice
Limiting short-term health plans will limit patient and broker choice
That’s not the president’s pitch, of course. He claims the rule, which would limit the duration of short-term health plans, is necessary to protect unsuspecting Americans from rapacious brokers trying to “sucker” them into purchasing “junk” insurance that doesn’t actually protect them if they get sick. But short-term plans aren’t ...
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Learn About Free Market Health Care Alternatives
Here’s How American Employers Are Seeking Affordable Alternatives To Obamacare
It’s growing more expensive for employers to offer health insurance. Employer insurance costs are expected to climb 6.5% in 2024, according to a new survey from major benefits consulting firms Mercer and Willis Towers Watson. Employers spend about $14,600, on average, to insure a single employee, a 5% percent increase from last year ...
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Read latest on push for free-market healthcare reform
Conservatives Must Take Back Healthcare Debate
U.S. House Republicans are launching a task force aimed at drawing out new ideas for healthcare reform. The task force “will convene members from various committees as well as independent experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector to reform what’s broken and build on what’s working,” per Reps. ...
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Mandates jamming big-city hospitals beyond capacity
Mandates jamming big-city hospitals beyond capacity by John Seiler | September 2, 2023 IN FEBRUARY 2010 SHARP PAINS STRUCK MY GUT around 8 a.m. I drove from my apartment in Huntington Beach to Newport Beach and Hoag Hospital, one of the country’s best, parked and struggled into the emergency room. ...
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Learn About GOP Healthcare Reform Plans
Republican candidates have sensible ideas for Medicare reform
Though they didn’t mention them onstage, several GOP candidates have previously proposed ideas for Medicare reform. That’s a good thing. The program’s Part A hospital insurance trust fund is set to run out of money in 2031. Absent major changes, the program will only continue hurtling toward insolvency. The problem ...
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Read latest about affirmative action
Ending medical-school affirmative action will be a plus for patients
The US Supreme Court effectively prohibited university admissions officers from giving preferential treatment to applicants based on their race this summer. Many medical-school leaders decried the high court’s ruling, claiming the ban will lead to less diversity within their student bodies, a less diverse crop of physicians and worse outcomes ...
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Cancer Patients Need Private Innovation, Not Gov’t Meddling
President Joe Biden just announced a new effort that he hopes will spur the development of better, more precise cancer surgery technologies. The program is part of his administration’s “Cancer Moonshot,” which aims to halve cancer death rates in the United States by 2047. Ironically, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving ...
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Read the latest on the nation's doctor shortage
Fixing the doctor shortage requires less government, not more
Congress is looking to narrow our nation’s doctor shortage. After introducing legislation that would reform our primary care system, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said last month , “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be ...
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Greater Immigration Can Alleviate Troubling Skilled Nurse Shortage
Immigration, always a strength for the U.S. economy, has the potential to fill a dangerous and growing labor shortage of skilled nurses. According to nurse.org’s 2023 State of Nursing report, “91% of nurses believe the nursing shortage is getting worse, and 79% report that their units are inadequately staffed.” And it’s not just ...
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A bipartisan way to improve health coverage, help small businesses
The House of Representatives recently passed a healthcare reform bill along party lines. All 220 Republicans who were present voted “aye,” while all 209 Democrats sounded a unanimous “nay.” Judging by that roll call, you’d think the bill — the CHOICE Arrangement Act — was full of partisan measures. But ...
Read about Biden admin push to take away health care choice
Limiting short-term health plans will limit patient and broker choice
That’s not the president’s pitch, of course. He claims the rule, which would limit the duration of short-term health plans, is necessary to protect unsuspecting Americans from rapacious brokers trying to “sucker” them into purchasing “junk” insurance that doesn’t actually protect them if they get sick. But short-term plans aren’t ...
Learn About Free Market Health Care Alternatives
Here’s How American Employers Are Seeking Affordable Alternatives To Obamacare
It’s growing more expensive for employers to offer health insurance. Employer insurance costs are expected to climb 6.5% in 2024, according to a new survey from major benefits consulting firms Mercer and Willis Towers Watson. Employers spend about $14,600, on average, to insure a single employee, a 5% percent increase from last year ...
Read latest on push for free-market healthcare reform
Conservatives Must Take Back Healthcare Debate
U.S. House Republicans are launching a task force aimed at drawing out new ideas for healthcare reform. The task force “will convene members from various committees as well as independent experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector to reform what’s broken and build on what’s working,” per Reps. ...
Mandates jamming big-city hospitals beyond capacity
Mandates jamming big-city hospitals beyond capacity by John Seiler | September 2, 2023 IN FEBRUARY 2010 SHARP PAINS STRUCK MY GUT around 8 a.m. I drove from my apartment in Huntington Beach to Newport Beach and Hoag Hospital, one of the country’s best, parked and struggled into the emergency room. ...
Learn About GOP Healthcare Reform Plans
Republican candidates have sensible ideas for Medicare reform
Though they didn’t mention them onstage, several GOP candidates have previously proposed ideas for Medicare reform. That’s a good thing. The program’s Part A hospital insurance trust fund is set to run out of money in 2031. Absent major changes, the program will only continue hurtling toward insolvency. The problem ...
Read latest about affirmative action
Ending medical-school affirmative action will be a plus for patients
The US Supreme Court effectively prohibited university admissions officers from giving preferential treatment to applicants based on their race this summer. Many medical-school leaders decried the high court’s ruling, claiming the ban will lead to less diversity within their student bodies, a less diverse crop of physicians and worse outcomes ...
Cancer Patients Need Private Innovation, Not Gov’t Meddling
President Joe Biden just announced a new effort that he hopes will spur the development of better, more precise cancer surgery technologies. The program is part of his administration’s “Cancer Moonshot,” which aims to halve cancer death rates in the United States by 2047. Ironically, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving ...
Read the latest on the nation's doctor shortage
Fixing the doctor shortage requires less government, not more
Congress is looking to narrow our nation’s doctor shortage. After introducing legislation that would reform our primary care system, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said last month , “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be ...
Greater Immigration Can Alleviate Troubling Skilled Nurse Shortage
Immigration, always a strength for the U.S. economy, has the potential to fill a dangerous and growing labor shortage of skilled nurses. According to nurse.org’s 2023 State of Nursing report, “91% of nurses believe the nursing shortage is getting worse, and 79% report that their units are inadequately staffed.” And it’s not just ...
A bipartisan way to improve health coverage, help small businesses
The House of Representatives recently passed a healthcare reform bill along party lines. All 220 Republicans who were present voted “aye,” while all 209 Democrats sounded a unanimous “nay.” Judging by that roll call, you’d think the bill — the CHOICE Arrangement Act — was full of partisan measures. But ...
