In 2010, the Affordable Care Act effectively banned the growth of physician-owned hospitals by cutting them off from Medicare. According to Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Brian J. Miller, ending this prohibition now would introduce competition into the hospital market, in turn creating jobs, fostering innovation, and improving health care access.

China’s naval influence in the Middle East is growing and likely to persist, warn Blake Herzinger and Ben Lefkowitz. While the current presence is not yet enough to match Beijing’s regional ambitions, Herzinger and Lefkowitz say increasing Chinese diplomatic engagement and naval deployments in the region demand American attention.

Sally Satel criticizes the prevalent practice of “social-justice therapy,” which sees therapists as activists overturning the racial oppression of their patients. “Highly questionable practices can harden into professional orthodoxy and conflict with what is best for patients,” writes Satel.

Ian Rowe challenges the common use of racial and economic achievement gaps in setting educational standards. Pointing to five decades of failure in improving student outcomes, Rowe contends that educators should instead concentrate on helping 100 percent of their students reach grade-level proficiency.

Section 230, which shields online platforms from civil liability over the third-party content they host, faces its biggest constitutional hurdle in the pending Supreme Court case Gonzalez v. Google. Daniel Lyons reports his observations and expectations from the case’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court on February 22.