His effort to enhance Medicare is commendable.
How Did Maryland Drop Their Individual Insurance Premiums by 22 Percent?
Citizens who purchased health insurance on the Maryland Health Connection, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, marketplace exchange,saw their premiums drop an average of 13 percent in 2019 and will see an average 10 percent decrease starting January 2020. The 2019 decrease was the first time since ACA was implemented that […]
Lenin, Stalin, and Capone Would be Proud of Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Plan
Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released the official summary and backgrounder of H.R. 3, “The Lower Cost Drugs Now Act,” although as of this posting, there is no bill language. It would exert so much government authority over the pharmaceutical industry that it would equal anything that communist and socialist leaders in other countries […]
Speaker Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Proposal is Here – It’s Not Good
The culprits who are really ripping off Americans are countries that utilize price controls and draft off U.S. funded research.
Michigan Governor Bans E-Cigarettes – A Really Bad Idea
Yesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) banned flavored e-cigarettes, making it the first state in the nation to do so. The governor’s actions follow closely the actions of San Francisco where city officials banned the sale of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), or e-cigarettes, that have not received approval by the Food and Drug Administration […]
NIH Should Close Montana Facility to Pay for $1.3 Billion of Repairs
Current state of NIH facilities could undermine life saving research.
GAO: PBMs Gave Back Majority of Drug Rebates
PBMs provide a valuable service in delivering drug benefits to beneficiaries.
Trump Administration Should Clearly Reject Socialized Medicine
Free-market fiscal conservatives are scratching their heads.
Hope Ahead for VA/DOD Interoperability
In 1982, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) were charged by Congress to share patient information for servicemembers transitioning from DOD into the VA health care system. This transition process has been anything but seamless, with medical records being attached to gurneys each time a patient was moved, and […]
Importing Foreign Drugs Will Not Lower Drug Costs
This morning, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to review two potential ways to allow “safe” importation of certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets. No secretary of Health and Human Services or commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under a Republican or […]