North Carolina Hospital Wants State to Block Competition From Two New Surgical Centers
Another illustration of how hospitals use Certificate of Need laws to limit competition, and why those laws are bad for patients.
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Virginia's Legislature Advances Bills to Reform Anti-Competitive Certificate of Public Need Laws
Virginia's failed experiment in central planning for healthcare facilities is bad for patients and should be overhauled.
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Replacement for Obamacare
Paul's bill equalizes tax deductibility on insurance whether obtained through employer or not, makes creating private group insurance easier, relies on Health Savings Accounts.
In-State Medical Marijuana Cultivation May Be on Georgia's Horizon
Rep. Allen Peake is pushing to loosen restrictions.
Eat More Peppers, Live Longer; Eat More Grilled Meat, Die Sooner
Exploring the absurdities of modern nutritional epidemiology.
How Virginia's Hospital Licensing Laws Led to an Infant's Death
The deadly consequences of an obscure medical licensing law.
Rachel Carson: New Documentary on PBS Tonight
We are all still living in the intellectual and public policy world that Rachel Carson constructed.
The Problem With Block Grants
The block grant provides an opportunity for government spending unconnected to the act of revenue-raising.
Trump Brings Back Ban on Funds for Groups That Promote Abortion, While Congress Reconsiders Global Anti-Prostitution Pledge
Here we go again, and again, and again...
Trump May Use Obama's Executive Branch Power Grabs to Destroy Obamacare
Trump's new executive order signals his willingness to use the expansive executive branch powers built by the previous administration.
Cancer Research Reproducibility Study: Science Still Broken?
The results of only two out of five cancer studies could be replicated
Federalism in the Age of Trump
On education, health care, and infrastructure, the Trump administration and Republican Congress should free the states to do more.
Good News: Research Confirms Way to Boost Healthy Longevity
Bad news: Most of us have got to eat less to live longer
Obama's Betrayal of Believers
It's been a rough eight years for Americans of faith.
What We Don't Know About Marijuana's Risks and Benefits
It fills a new book from the National Academy of Sciences.
Cancer Moonshot Misses the Mark
The lifetime risk of cancer for American men is 1 in 2. For women it's 1 in 3.
911 Emergency Response System Significantly Reduced U.S. Murder Rate, Says Study
More than a 34 percent to 56 percent decrease in homicides attributed to the 911 systems
FDA Says Explaining the Main Advantages of E-Cigarettes Would Confuse Consumers
According to federal regulators, companies that talk about reducing health risks by switching from smoking to vaping are breaking the law.
Trump Selects Anti-Vaccination Kook Robert Kennedy Jr. to Head Vaccination Safety Commission - Update: Not So Fast?
Kennedy once compared vaccination to the Holocaust*
Sessions Offers Unclear, Useless Answers on Marijuana During Confirmation Hearing
Says he won't commit "to never enforcing federal law" but that doesn't tell us much of anything.
Rand Paul May Disrupt the GOP's Terrible Plan to Repeal and Delay Obamacare
The Kentucky senator says he doesn't support a rollback of the health law without a replacement in place.
Butch Otter Still Opposes Legalizing CBD Oil; Uses Hyperbole to Explain Why
Otter had a chance to sign a CBD oil bill for Idaho in April 2015, but he vetoed it. He is still the only governor in the country to veto such a bill.
Is Sugar an Addictive Poison?
Hypothesis: More sugar causes both more diabetes and more obesity
Meet California's Face of Federal Government Resistance—Eric Holder?
His Department of Justice prosecuted legal marijuana growers in the Golden State, but that was totally different!
3 Things Congress Got Wrong in its Fetal Tissue Report
Contra Congressional Republicans, fetal tissue has been used to make vaccines for rabies, chicken pox, shingles, Hepatitis A, polio, rubella, and the adenovirus.
Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall: Incidence Declines for Men and Remains Steady for Women
Good news: Cancer mortality rate has dropped from its peak of 215.1 (per 100,000 population) in 1991 to 166.4 in 2012.
The Republican Plan to Repeal and Replace Obamacare Will Do Neither
The GOP is heading into a health policy quagmire of their own making.
Why Democrats Are Defecting From Obamacare…And Why Republicans Might Learn To Love It (Reason Podcast)
As President Trump comes to town, the GOP is hedging on promises to repeal and replace Obamacare. What the hell is going on?
Donald Trump Does Not Really Have a Plan to Fix the V.A.
Trump's team talks vaguely of privatization, but there's no substance.
California's Absurd and Insidious 'Bill of Rights for Children' Invites Pernicious Meddling
Richard Pan's bill reflects a busybody mindset that undermines parents and endangers children.
What Medicare's Payment Woes Tell Us About the Limits of Technocratic Reforms
Paying for value turns out to be harder than it sounds.
An Epidemic of Bad Epidemiology
Getting Risk Right is a potent antidote to the toxic misinformation peddled by activist scaremongers
An Epidemic of Bad Epidemiology: New at Reason
Getting Risk Right reviewed by Ronald Bailey
No One Has a 'Right' to Any Given Private-Sector Job
Laws that force individuals into unwanted business relationships are unjust.
Safer Alternative to Smoking Can't Call Itself a Safer Alternative to Smoking
FDA decided not to decide whether snus can be marketed as the first safer-than-cigarettes product.
Pot, Video Games, Whatever. Teens Must Be Addicted to Something, Says Expert.
How to turn good news about today's youths into a demand for more government studies.
Adolescent Smoking Falls Again, Confounding E-Cigarette Alarmists
The latest survey results deal another blow to the hypothesis that vaping leads to smoking.
Teenagers Dismay Prohibitionists by Consuming Less Cannabis
The latest survey data indicate that legalization has not driven a national surge in adolescent pot smoking.
Straitjackets for New Ideas
What happens when an idea doesn't fit the regular regulatory categories?
What a Subway Breast-Implant Ad Can Teach Us About U.S. Health Care
The idea that people won't be able to afford medical treatment without Obamacare is simply wrong.
Surgeon General Launches E-Cigarette Scare Campaign That Will Harm Public Health
Vivek Murthy's concern about adolescent vaping is overwrought, and his propaganda is pernicious.
