Health Care
Texas Classifies Medical Treatment of Trans Minors as Abuse, Threatens Parents, Orders Caregivers To Snitch
These orders aren’t about safety. They’re a complete rejection of the legitimacy of these procedures, and a denial of individual liberty.
COVID Is Here To Stay. Let's Stop Pretending Those 'Free Tests' Are Free.
The cost of 'free' tests is really going up when you look at insurance premiums.
Congress Wants Taxpayers To Bail Out the Postal Service
The House passed the bill this week with little fanfare and broad bipartisan support.
More Bureaucracy Won't Cure Cancer
Biden's "supercharged" cancer moonshot is little more than a hollow promise.
My New Cato Institute Paper Making "The Case Against Covid-19 Pandemic Migration Restrictions"
They cause vastly more harm than good and actually undermine health care and scientific progress in the long run.
Telehealth Beams In the Sunshine State
According to a recent report published by the Reason Foundation, the Pioneer Insitute, and the Cicero Institute, Florida offers telehealth options that far exceed other states.
COVID Might Help To Kill These Expensive, Anticompetitive Hospital Regulations in South Carolina
The state's certificate of need laws are currently blocking an estimated $1 billion in potential health care investment.
Court Bars Health Care Workers from Switching Jobs
A Wisconsin judge treats health care workers like serfs, legally tied to the workplace they'd like to leave.
Federal Judge Says Courts Don't Have To Buy 'Nonsensical Explanations' for Bad Regulations
Mississippi has banned new home health care licenses for more than 40 years, despite mounting evidence that the state's CON laws are raising prices and limiting access to care.
Health Insurers Forced To Cover Rapid COVID-19 Tests Even Though They Don't Know How
While the rule is set to go into effect this weekend, companies are scrambling to figure out how to cover or reimburse people for the tests.
Supreme Court Rules Against OSHA Large-Employer Vaccine Mandate, but Upholds Mandate for Health Care Workers
I think both rulings are correct, though not always for the reasons given by the Court.
Biden's Plan To Make At-Home COVID-19 Tests More Expensive and Harder To Find
Plus: Waiting lists for public defenders, inflation boogeymen, and more...
Medicare's Fiscal Ruin
Are Medicare's fiscal problems even worse than the headline numbers suggest?
CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Enjoined Nationwide
Two district courts have granted injunctions against the rule requiring vaccines for workers at Medicare and Medicaid providers, one nationwide.
Private Property Rights Made the First Thanksgiving Possible
Something to be grateful for.
The American Medical Association Would Like Doctors To Use Woke Jargon
A new report commits a bunch of familiar sins.
My New "The Hill" Article Making the Case for Ending Pandemic-Related Migration Restrictions
It also explains why they probably should never have been adopted in the first place.
Dopesick Resurrects an Opioid Narrative That Is 'Neat, Plausible, and Wrong'
Prohibition forces doctors to cut patients off from essential pain-killing medication.
Montana Attorney General Harasses Hospital Staff for Refusing To Administer Ivermectin to a Patient
Dispatching a state trooper to a hospital seems a bit excessive.
Denied Treatment for His Cancer, This Kentucky Man Died in Prison After Vomiting Blood
In a lawsuit, Marc Crawford's widow says the state refused to give him his prescriptions and his chemotherapy.
Health Care Provisions of Democratic Spending Bill Would Add More than $500 Billion to the Deficit
New analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows massive deficit increase as a result of spending bill’s health care provisions.
It Took More Than 15 Years for a South Carolina Hospital To Get Permission To Be Built
In much the same way that zoning laws are wielded by NIMBYs to block new development, Certificate-of-Need laws can be used to impose costly delays on building new medical facilities.
Court 'Won't Sanction One More Day' of Texas Abortion Law
Plus: Twitter's new trigger warnings, good news for food freedom, and more...
Public Health Officials Blew Up Their Credibility, and We're Paying the Price
Vaccine hesitancy can, in part, be laid at the feet of experts who betrayed the public’s trust.
CDC Director Recognizes Confusion Over COVID-19 Booster Vaccines
Plus: Brothel raids, rapid COVID-19 testing, and more...
No, Tennessee Isn't Hoarding Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for the Unvaccinated
Plus: Internet freedom at 11-year low, charter school enrollment up 7 percent, lawyer behind abortion lawsuit speaks up, and more...
First Abortion Doc Sued Under New Texas Law
Plus: The link between college and moral absolutism, environmental activists vs. Facebook, and more...
Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
Democrats Try To Hide a $3 Trillion Tax Increase From Voters
The plan would make a liar out of Biden on a level reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's betrayal of his "read my lips" tax pledge.
Medicare Is About To Run Out of Money. Democrats Want To Make the Program Cost Even More.
The federal health care program is on track for a trust fund shortfall in just five years. But instead of paying for the program that exists, Democrats want to expand it.
Ohio Hospital Allowed To Stop Treating COVID-19 Patient With Ivermectin
Plus: Student-professor relationships and Title IX, web hosts reject abortion snitch website, and more...
Everything Is Infrastructure Now
How spending got out of control and words lost their meaning.
Supreme Court Punts on Constitutionally Dubious Texas Abortion Law
Plus: Millennial myth busting, McFlurry madness, and more...
The Sweeping Texas Abortion Ban That Took Effect Today Is Plainly Inconsistent With SCOTUS Precedents
Because the Supreme Court so far has not intervened, post-heartbeat abortions are now illegal in the Lone Star State.
The Secret To Vaccinating Children: Off-Label Vaccinations
It’s legal for doctors to give kids the Pfizer vaccine, but Pfizer isn’t allowed to say so.
Key Medicare Fund Will Be Insolvent in Just Five Years
The health program won't be able to pay all of its bills starting in 2026, according to a new Trustees report.
Abortion Ban To Take Effect in Texas on Wednesday
Plus: Kids got more obese during the pandemic, how Section 230 protects gun rights, and more...
Democrats Plot Huge New Federal Health Program as Part of $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan
Plus: Steven Horwitz's economic theories, Hawaii cops sued over fatal shooting, and more...
Alabama's Dumb Health Care Regulations Helped Create a Shortage of ICU Beds
States like Alabama that give government regulators control over the number of hospital beds tend to have less of them. That's bad even when there isn't a pandemic.
Federal Regulations Keep COVID Patients in the Dark About Which Variant They Have
Plus: Airbnb will host 20,000 Afghan refugees, court rejects Nunes lawsuit against Liz Mair, and more..
If Government Is Good at One Thing, It's Making a Crisis Worse
The same institution that's unable to run the Postal Service or Amtrak orchestrated our invasion and withdrawal of Afghanistan.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Is a Sham
The Senate just passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill—and teed up another $3.5 trillion bill in the process.
Virtual Access to Doctors During the Pandemic Changed the Lives of Patients With Disabilities. Now That Care Is in Jeopardy.
Telemedicine opened up new possibilities for patients with disabilities and chronic conditions.
Ohio Passes Controversial Conscience Clause for Doctors
Opposed by LGBT and pro-choice advocacy groups, the measure allows doctors to refuse to perform treatments on moral grounds
