A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked President Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandate. The Supreme Court will ultimately rule it unconstitutional—and rightly so.
Category: Policy
U.S. Bureaucrats Are An Impediment To Pandemic Recovery
Throughout the pandemic, bureaucratic sclerosis has proven the American regulatory apparatus to be an impediment to fighting COVID-19—not to mention future public health threats.
Politics Aside, The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful
Public health law experts Lawrence Gostin, Alexandra Finch and James Hodge explain why the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandates will survive legal scrutiny – and why their politicization makes for a rocky road ahead.
Tesla’s India Fans Are Eager To Buy Elon Musk’s Cars, But Politics Is Getting In The Way
The company is at a standoff with the Modi government, which wants Musk to commit to building electric vehicles locally before waiving steep tariffs.
As FDA Considers Easing Medication Abortion Restrictions, New Study Finds Patients Prefer Flexibility
With the FDA poised to provide an update on its substantive review of medication abortion restrictions, new research shows patients want easier access to these drugs.
It is time for Supreme Court to help stem gun deaths
Every morning when I turn on the local Philadelphia TV news to hear the weather report, I also hear about the shootings that have occurred. This morning I heard that a 66-year-old man was shot while driving past his old high school. A fight had broken …
The blueprint for a Gold Medal Health Care System
An excerpt from Blueprint for a Gold Medal Health Care System. We do not currently have a Gold Medal Health Care System. There may be more than one way to build one, but this book is about my vision of a Gold Medal system, and I will henceforth refer t…
Why Biden’s Tobacco-Tax-Hike Scheme Is A Big Mistake
The Democrats’ proposal to sharply raise tobacco taxes should go up in smoke.
Why private equity is a dangerous employer
About 4 months after emergency medicine physician Jessica (a pseudonym used out of fear of retaliation from her employer) joined a Michigan hospital in 2014, the department’s staffing group was bought out by TeamHealth, a staffing firm backed by …
The success of Australian firearms regulation: What it could mean for children
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2018 noted the sad milestone that firearms were causing 15% of all deaths in children and adolescents. Somewhat encouraging, a later study showed states with stricter firearm laws correlated with low…
