The pandemic has made Canada’s and the UK’s waits for necessary care even worse. Patients are now staring down an epic backlog that could take years to dig out of. And unfortunately, Democrats are planning to import such tragedies to America.
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Mourning The Many Foibles Of Medicare And Medicaid At 55
Today, Medicare and Medicaid mark their 55th birthdays, a day that should remind us of the damage that ill-conceived healthcare reforms can inflict. Little did President Lyndon Johnson know when he signed the programs into law that he’d be setting the …
Medicaid Expansion Will Add To Oklahoma’s Woes
By expanding Medicaid, governments in Oklahoma and Missouri could end up spending hundreds of millions of dollars on an insurance program that doesn’t benefit patients. For two states simultaneously battling a deadly pandemic and a fiscal crisis, it’s …
Democrats Remain Jealous Of Britain’s Healthcare Catastrophe
Weeks after the pandemic’s peak, the UK’s government-run health system, the National Health Service, is still subjecting patients to life-threatening treatment delays. By the NHS’s own admission, the backlog for hospital care could exceed 10 million th…
Democrats’ Obamacare Bailout Could Extend The Pandemic
Democrats claim their Obamacare stabilization plan will help Americans stay healthy during the pandemic. But by derailing drug development, the bill would make things much worse. If lawmakers want to improve public health, they’ll abandon this misguide…
COVID-19 Reveals The Power Of Deregulation
For decades, red tape has frustrated the efforts of healthcare providers to deliver timely, high-quality care. The pandemic has shown just how useless so many of those regulations were. Continuing the deregulatory drive will yield a more efficient and …
Colorado Gets A Reprieve From The Public Option. All Americans Should Be So Lucky.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Colorado lawmakers have shelved their plan to overhaul the state’s healthcare system and implement a public health insurance option. But their reprieve may prove temporary. If Biden gets his way, no American will be safe from …
