Telemedicine is here to stay
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes
May 28, 2021
This sustained enthusiasm for telehealth is great for patients. State and federal officials relaxed restrictions on telehealth out of necessity in the early days of the public health emergency, when people were essentially homebound. Those restrictions must not come back after the pandemic passes.
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Ready, set, go for the worst regulation ever
Washington Examiner | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and Drew Kershen
May 28, 2021
Unfortunately, these regulations are in the worst traditions of government meddling. In its statutory language, Congress explicitly stated that the mandatory disclosure has nothing to do with food safety or consumer health, thus acknowledging what the scientific community and even the Food and Drug Administration has said consistently for thirty years: Bioengineered, or genetically engineered, foods do not pose any unique health, or environmental risks.
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Medicare Expansion: A Gift to the Relatively Wealthy
Newsmax | Sally C. Pipes
May 26, 2021
Those with incomes below 150% of the federal poverty level — $19,320 for an individual — can now get a benchmark, mid-level silver health plan premium-free. As incomes rise, the share of premiums exchange shoppers have to cover goes up. Those who make 200% of poverty are responsible for 2% of their premiums — compared to 6.52% under the old Obamacare status quo.
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It’s Too Little, Too Late on COVID-19 Testing
Inside Sources | Sally C. Pipes
May 28, 2021
But one theoretical model developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Harvard this past November found that widespread, twice-a-week rapid testing could reduce the degree of viral infectiousness in a large city by 80 percent. Using more sensitive PCR tests was less effective at suppressing the virus, given the wait for results.
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