Bernie Sanders' New Single Payer Plan Is a Wild Legislative Fantasy
The new plan refuses to grapple with costs or tradeoffs.
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Most Americans Want Government-Run Health Care Until They Find Out the Government Will Run Health Care
And when they find out it means higher taxes, support crumbles further.
Are You Sure You Want Medicare for All?
Expanding existing government healthcare systems would also spread the reach of their already messy problems.
Bikini Baristas Sue City in the Name of Free Speech and Women's Rights
City worries bikini hot dog stands could be next.
Obamacare Repeal Is Dead. Here Come the Bailouts.
New legislation would convert the health law into a series of flat payments to states.
Disjointed Coughs Out Some Tired Dope Humor
Cheech and Chong were decades ago, but Netflix show leans on the same old pot jokes.
Fixating on Adolescent Vaping Could Be Deadly for Adult Smokers
A new critique of the surgeon general's report on e-cigarettes puts underage use in perspective.
House Rules Committee Blocks Amendment Protecting Medical Marijuana
The rider could still be renewed if a conference committee decides to put it in the final bill.
Vaccines, Peter Thiel and the Fine Art of the Journalistic Hatchet Job
Never let the facts get in the way of a good agenda-driven story.
FDA Lies About Vaping While the CDC Inches Toward the Truth
Federal officials deny big reductions in adolescent tobacco use and obscure the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.
Obamacare Remains Unstable, Even as Insurers Fill Bare Counties
Premiums are on the rise and competition remains weak in much of the country.
More Evidence That Everything the Government Teaches Us About Eating Is Wrong
Global study goes against the grain on fats, fruits, and dietary dogma
Researcher Says V.A. Obstruction Jeopardizes Study of Marijuana As PTSD Treatment
Although the research has federal approval, the Phoenix V.A. hospital is blocking efforts to recruit subjects.
The Single Payer Threat Is Real
Republicans should start taking liberal health care efforts seriously.
Why Handwashing Is Key to Ballpark Food Safety
A new study shines a light on public health protection at America's stadiums.
On Health Care, Private Sector May Show Congress the Way
Just because Congress can't fix health care doesn't mean it can't be done.
The Federal Government Is Finally Exploring Marijuana As a Medical Alternative to Opioids
Cannabis research turns another corner.
Most Drug Expiration Dates Are Bogus, and the FDA Knows It
At the government's behest, hospitals trash nearly a billion dollars worth of perfectly safe and effective medicines every year.
Many Poor Communities Lack Adequate Dental Care; Here's an Easy Way to Fix That
Alaska allowed dental therapists to practice within Native American communities. Ten years later the evidence is pretty clear.
Mayor Bill de Blasio: The Perfect Ayn Rand Villain [Podcast]
Reason editors talk immigration, affirmative action, and why the "Pharma Bro" witch hunt should concern everyone.
NFL Owners Agree To Consider Letting Players Use Medical Marijuana
The NFL's new chief medical officer says marijuana could be "really important" in treating short-term and chronic pain.
Researchers Highlight the Government's Complicity in Heroin Deaths
The more drug warriors crack down on opioids, the more dangerous they become.
Crazy Pet Anti-Vaxxers Provoke My Canine Lyme Disease Vaccine Envy
Lyme disease vaccine has been available for dogs since the 1990s; humans may get it next year.
Will All Seriously Ill Americans Be Granted the 'Right to Try' Experimental Meds?
Senate approves bill giving some earlier access to treatment.
Breakthrough: Human Embryos Successfully and Safely Gene-Edited
Anti-designer baby bioethicists call for "an immediate global ban."
Beware, Pain-Sufferers: Jeff Sessions Is Coming for Your Doctor
A new push to imprison those who prescribe too many opioids
A Cap on Nicotine in Cigarettes Would Be Hazardous to Health
If "light" cigarettes were a scam, how can "nonaddictive" cigarettes be a boon?
The FDA Warms to Vaping
Embracing harm reduction, the agency's new head tries to make e-cigarette regulations less onerous.
By Propping Up Obamacare With Illegal Payments, Trump Is Eroding the Rule of Law
The president is using unconstitutional insurer subsidies as negotiating leverage.
Trump Throws Trans Troops Under the Bus [Podcast]
Reason editors discuss the president's management casualties, free speech on Twitter, blowing up Mt. Rushmore, and more.
On Obamacare, Republicans Achieved Nothing
Years of failure to establish a shared health policy vision led to last night's debacle.
Rep. Justin Amash: The Two-Party System Needs to Die
The libertarian congressman says the internet is poised to destroy politics as we know it.
Embracing Harm Reduction, FDA Gives E-Cigarette Industry a Regulatory Reprieve
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb extends a crucial application deadline by four years and promises "a greater awareness" of vaping's health advantages.
Deregulation and Market Forces Can Lower Pharmaceutical Prices
The pharmaceutical market is anything but free at present.
New Study Provides Strong Evidence That E-Cigarettes Boost Smoking Cessation
Quit rates rose with e-cigarette sales, and vapers are more likely to stop smoking.
First Gene-Edited Human Embryos in the U.S.
Breakthrough that could cure genetic diseases before embryos are implanted in their mothers' wombs.
Rejecting Sessions' Plea, Senate Panel Votes to Protect Medical Marijuana
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved renewal of the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment by a voice vote.
Six Republicans Who Voted for Obamacare Repeal in 2015 Sank the 'Clean Repeal' Bill Today
Another day, another defeat for the Senate's health care effort
Health Care Bill's Senate Defeat Paves Way For Rand Paul's 'Clean Repeal' Bill; Vote Expected Soon
Paul: "If every Republican that voted for the clean repeal in the past votes for it again, it would pass."
With Rand Paul's Support (For Now), Republican Health Care Bill Survives First Senate Vote
They had to pass the motion to proceed to the bill to find out what's in the bill.
Sessions Problems, Real Medical Costs, LA 92 and O.J.'s Juice: The New Fifth Column
Watch Michael Moynihan get his junk checked, and listen to Kmele Foster wax poetical about his family's immigration.
Curbing Traffic Stops Would Save Lives
So why do cops rely so much on the practice? Enforcing traffic laws is a large share of what they do.
Tired of High Health Care Costs? Look at Misbehaving Dentists and the Licenses That Enable Them
Dentists use political muscle and control of regulatory boards to limit competition. How many other licensed professionals do the same?
Mike Lee, Jerry Moran Torpedo Senate Health Care Bill
It took two libertarian-leaners, one moderate, and a Kansan irked at the process to deny Donald Trump his unpopular, critically panned legislation.
