New cures come from private research, not cash dumped into the National Institutes of Health. Americans who want better treatments for their diseases should be pleased that the lame-duck Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which will promote medical innovation. They should be wary, however, of the $4 billion budget boost that the law […]
A Christian doctor has been “sacked” as a medical assessor for a government department after refusing to renounce that gender is determined at birth, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Dr David Mackereth has worked for 26 years as an NHS doctor but was told he could not be employed as a Department for Work and […]
The first month of the new health law’s rollout reveals an unexpected pattern in several states: a crush of people applying for an expansion of the free government funded Medicaid and a trickle of sign-ups for private insurance. This Obamacare imbalance , nine out of 10 enrollees are in Medicaid — has taken some experts […]
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became the law of the land in 2010, but debate over its existence and implementation will rage on in the New Year. The law’s serious policy flaws are already impacting health insurance and costs, but these are part of a deeper and broader issue: the proper role for […]
Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found. The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but also doctors’ own lobby […]
