The Los Angeles Times’s June 24 editorial, “San Francisco’s E-cigarette Ban Isn’t Just Bad Policy, it’s Bad for Public Health” is right on target. Today, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on banning the sales of electronic tobacco products, or e-cigarettes, within the city until the Food and Drug Administration adopts regulations […]
On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing with the intent to give Republicans and Democrats the chance to discuss other proposals to expand universal health care. Generally universal coverage means government-run healthcare. This was the first time a House committee of jurisdiction had formally assembled to examine universal […]
It has been said that one should never let a serious crisis go to waste. It could just as easily be said, “if there is no crisis, make one up to try to compel action and raise money.” A perfect example of the latter is the campaign undertaken by The Guardian, a left-leaning daily British […]
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on its draft legislation, “The Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019.” It is an effort to get something done where there is agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats. The legislation addresses several issues such as surprise billing, prescription drug […]
Today, the Trump administration released a final rule on Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is expected to soon release her long-awaited drug pricing proposal. According to news reports, the plan is expected to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to directly “negotiate” with pharmaceutical manufacturers for an “acceptable” price for at least 25 drugs that would apply to the entire U.S. market. […]
Today, conservative organizations announced and launched the “Coalition Against Socialized Medicine” to fight to protect our most precious asset, our health.
Adopting other countries’ drug pricing severely damage to innovation and developing new cures.
Later this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will have a floor vote on H.R. 986, deceitfully called the, “Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019.” The legislation, if it were to be implemented, would reverse some of the Trump administration’s efforts to stabilize the individual health insurance markets that have been upended and grown […]
Conservative politicians like to say they are for free markets, competition, and property rights to promote innovation and lower prices of goods. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, too many of them go careening off the freedom road to promote socialist policies. They fail to recognize the years of expensive clinical trials and complicated protocols, […]
