Biden & Co. could 'march in' and kneecap America's economy
Boston Herald | Sally Pipes
April 22, 2022
The Biden administration may soon cripple America’s economy — inadvertently, of course.
Officials are reportedly giving serious consideration to a “march-in” petition, nominally filed by a handful of cancer patients but promoted by Knowledge Ecology International, the activist group founded by Ralph Nader. The petition urges the administration to relicense the patent on an advanced prostate cancer treatment — which is currently manufactured by Astellas Pharma — to generic drugmakers that could create cheaper knockoffs.
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Medicaid Expansion Would Only Expand Waste and Poor Care
Forbes | Sally Pipes
April 25, 2022
Expanding Medicaid is popular, according to new survey data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Two-thirds of Americans living in the 12 states that have not expanded the program as prescribed by Obamacare want their leaders to change course and boost enrollment.
Perhaps they’ll change their minds after reviewing the latest data on Medicaid’s wasteful spending and subpar care.
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Dr. Henry Miller Discusses the Unknowns of Long Covid on The John Batchelor Show
The John Batchelor Show | Henry Miller
April 21, 2022
Dr. Henry Miller discusses the unknowns of long Covid and brain fog on The John Batchelor Show on CBS. Previous variants have shown that long Covid is a tremendous problem with some people experiencing symptoms for years after testing positive for the virus.
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Coerced pricing is price controls by another means
News and Tribune | Wayne Winegarden
April 20, 2022
Sustainably addressing the problems of rising prices and declining quality requires reforms that empower patients and doctors, improve price transparency, and eliminate the perverse incentives of our current health insurance system that drive up costs and limit care.
Instead of addressing the health care system’s core deficiencies, policymakers push for counterproductive policies like price controls. Efforts in Indiana show that politicians do not need to pass legislation to implement bad ideas. The threat of legislation is sufficient.
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Time to Rollback Healthcare Scope of Practice Laws
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
April 25, 2022
Last week, both New York and Kansas granted nurse practitioners the freedom to practice independently, without the supervision of a physician. The Empire State and the Sunflower State are now the 25th and 26th states to roll back “scope-of-practice” restrictions on NPs.
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Our public health agencies aren't alright
The Times of NW Indiana | Sally Pipes
April 24, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just recommended that seniors get a second COVID-19 booster shot. But there are plenty of people over the age of 65 — one-third, according to the latest data — who have not yet gotten their first booster.
Perhaps that’s because it took until the omicron variant emerged last fall for the CDC to get behind booster shots for all adults. Or maybe it’s because public health officials have been peddling confusing and contradictory messaging on COVID-19 for months.
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