Most health policy researchers probably believe government-run health care is less costly than private health care. For many, the model system has always been the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Progressive Democrats like Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and socialists like Senator Bernie Sanders have been advocating that the US adopt a single-payer, taxpayer-supported health system…
Thank God (and Moderna) that I’ve finally gotten my two COVID-19 vaccinations and waited two weeks to become ‘fully vaccinated”! Now I can resume a normal life, free from fears that I will contract the disease or pass it along to others. Right? Well not really. The CDC today released its ‘Interim Public Health Recommendations…
A recent article in Modern Healthcare shows how CMS regulations can tie providers into knots and add administrative costs. Every mail-order company and shipper in America, including USPS, UPS, and FedEx, all work with inexact address data. Apartment or suite numbers are left off, ‘Drive’ is abbreviated as ‘Dr’ or ‘Dr.’, names are misspelled, and…
With the recent resurgence in coronavirus cases, the Trump administration is being vilified by Democrats and the media (and some Republicans) for mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s too early to write a full and fair history of our nation’s response to the pandemic. But if you step back and review the administration’s actions, they responded…