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President-elect Biden will likely enter office with an interest in improving Obamacare at the margin, perhaps by adding a public option. On his left, progressive activists insist on pushing Medicare for All. On his right, ....
The United States entered a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, with FDA approval imminent for one — then eventually more — COVID-19 vaccines. Ultimately, the supply of vaccines will outpace demand as production ramps ....
In the early 1980s, a reality television show aired on the ABC network called “That’s Incredible.” It featured people with unusual talents who performed various stunts and even sometimes reenacted allegedly paranormal events. In other ....
In April of this year, polls indicated widespread support for lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19. Stories emerged of people shaming and reporting their neighbors for even minor social distancing violations. Formal enforcement of ....
The Trump campaign just announced a policy agenda for his second term. It is notable for its brevity. In 467 words, the agenda lists goals ranging from eradicating COVID-19 and restoring economic growth to health ....
When President Trump promoted the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the spring, demand for the product jumped. Most of the subsequent debate has been about the efficacy of the drug ....
In a recent poll, 66 percent of US adults reported that they felt that prices of medicines had increased, with 35 percent saying that they had increased a lot. Furthermore, 30 percent of those polled ....
A major research article about US patients buying medicines online was published last week. The authors analyzed 61,238 respondents’ data from a national database representing 152.2 million US adults taking prescription medications. Roughly 1.5 percent ....
As noted earlier this week in part I of the ongoing saga of efforts to improve the transparency and utility of hospital pricing practices, the Trump administration notched a relatively rare legal victory in federal ....
Last week, federal district court judge Carl Nichols handed the Trump administration a rare legal victory in its continuing efforts to change the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through newer rulemaking and regulatory revisions. The court ....