Biden's Drug Price Controls Would Make Americans Sicker and Shorten Their Lives
The plan would reduce supply while increasing demand, resulting in harmful shortages.
The plan would reduce supply while increasing demand, resulting in harmful shortages.
Rules are for the little people.
The president bemoans the incivility of politics while accusing Republicans of being "cavalier" about the potential for dead kids.
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The board game lets gamers indulge in a little cooperative epidemiological roleplay.
Persuading vaccine objectors is a much better approach than imposing coercive top-down mandates.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
When government "gets out of the way, we're going to see again, the creativity of the American people," says the 80-year-old optimist.
Young males infected with COVID-19 are six times more likely to develop myocarditis than those who have been vaccinated.
Everybody has to wear masks except the rich and famous, apparently.
New research shows incidental and mild infections account for a large and rising share of that widely cited number.
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A broad standard with no exceptions better serves his goals, but it will be harder to defend in court.
The government is ignoring the costs of lockdowns—for lives, for liberty, and for the economy.
Amazon's customers are apparently unable to judge the veracity of COVID-related information for themselves.
Plus, how his tax hikes won't actually help anyone, either.
No official organization, no tickets, and a different relationship with federal authorities created a near-anarchistic civic experience for Americans battered by COVID-19 anxieties.
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.
The presidency has always been inclined to unilateral power—and many Americans like it that way.
The agency's decisions so far reflect a bias against the flavored e-liquids that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer.
Exploring the legal issues raised by another of the Biden Administration's newly announced COVID policies.
Why legal challenges to the new rule are more likely to focus on the details than on broad challenges to OSHA's authority.
Some parts are both good policy and legally unproblematic. Others - particularly the mandate imposed on private employers - are legally dubious and would set a dangerous precedent if upheld by courts.
"You have the option to not get vaccinated if you want," said the doctor. "But then you can't go out in public."
OSHA has rarely used this option, which avoids the usual rule-making process, and most challenges to such edicts have been successful.
It's time to stop "states of exception" that justify government overreach into more and more of our lives.
Emergency OSHA rules are frequently struck down by courts.
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COVID-19 and 9/11 both created opportunities to restrict our liberties in the name of keeping us safe.
History is repeating itself in ways that we, and our kids, will live to regret.
Biden's sudden embrace of a federal vaccine requirement seems inconsistent with his acknowledgment that he cannot mandate every COVID-19 precaution he'd like people to follow.
"That's not the role of the federal government." What happened?
One government failure cascades into another.
The president will direct OSHA to require either vaccination or frequent testing
If they're good enough for Europeans, surely they're good enough for Americans.
The National Education Association strong-armed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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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.
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Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
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Families looking for alternatives to battlefields of the culture war have a bonanza of educational options.
Some people are self-medicating with a dubious COVID-19 treatment, but they aren't overwhelming doctors and nurses.
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