Once again, it’s time to consider universal health care. What are the implications? Could it happen? After something of a hiatus during the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the battles over its implementation, legislative committees in Oregon and…
Securing these essential programs will require a far more serious conversation than the one voters have been hearing in the closing weeks of this election.
Researchers estimate the annual clock change in November kills 33 people and 36,550 deer in car crashes and causes nearly $1.2 billion in damages.
Russia’s use of tear gas, which has failed to generate headlines, may be the start of a creeping shift toward chemical attacks that would allow Russia to sow fear and uncertainty among Ukrainians without any international backlash.
When I was in high school, I read George Orwell’s 1984, a novel about a dystopian future where the government (a.k.a. Big Brother) monitors everything the citizenry says or thinks. Anyone deviating from government “doublespeak” is swi…
Buying health insurance is a lot like renting an apartment. Finding the perfect place is hard, and the price is always higher than you expect. But if it is conveniently close to your employer and there are few other affordable options, you sign the le…
A medical malpractice process is a lot like running a marathon. The analogy makes it easy to understand why physicians are emotionally unready to go through years of litigation and often find themselves struggling. To successfully make it through the g…
In recent months, three of the nation’s largest retailers have stirred up a frenzy on Wall Street with a string of high-profile health care deals. Amazon bought primary-care company One Medical in early August for $3.9 billion. That was a month b…
Doctors can accept TRICARE’s lower rates because their practices also receive payments from private payers that fill the gap and keep their practices afloat.
Last year, Obamacare sign-ups hit a record. The Biden administration is no doubt hoping for another one this year. And it doesn’t care if it has to spend tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to get it.
