Looking Ahead at Health Plan Options
This year has been labeled a referendum on just about everything, but healthcare is one thing that will definitely drive people to the polls.
An Easily Forgotten Point: Price Is Not the Same as Spending
Efforts to control prescription-drug prices by setting prices through a government mandate are not likely to control overall prescription-drug spending.
Exodus from Blue States Continues--and Grows
Regarding Healthcare, GOP Faces Biggest Hurdle
Voters will have a lot on their minds when they go to the polls next year. Resident scholar Merrill Matthews thinks 2020 will be a referendum on healthcare policy.
Congress Considers Bills to Address Doctor Residency Shortage
Lawmakers in Congress have introduced bills to add 1,000 new hospital residencies over the next five years to combat a national physician shortage intensified by the opioid crisis.
Remember Obamacare? Sign-up Kicks Off for Enrollees
Another enrollment period for Obamacare is about to get under way for people seeking health insurance coverage.
Poll: Voters Confused About Medicare for All
Democrat voters are confused about what a single-payer, Medicare for All plan actually means, a new poll shows.
A Warning Over 'Free' Healthcare From Utopia of Canada
Supporters of single-payer healthcare continue their efforts to promote the system in the U.S. but a critic says a sad and preventable case in Canada puts another dent in the argument for government-run healthcare.
Sanders', Warren's Medicare for All Not As It Seems
Even though two Democratic presidential primary frontrunners tout their universal healthcare program as “Medicare for All,” one expert in the medical field stresses that it is not today’s Medicare for all.
GOP, Progressives, Insurers - All Cast Skeptical Eye at Pelosi Drug Plan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally released her long-awaited drug-pricing bill last week, and very few individuals and organizations endorsed it outright.