The “conscience clause,” on which a conservative Supreme Court keeps granting employers exemptions from federal law, was a political decision, and more fragile than liberals realize.
Health Care
Reporting and expert analysis on health care in America: costs, coverage, quality, and the reforms that could make the system work for patients.
Posted inBooks, Health Care, January/February 2016, Magazine
Time to Put Big Soda on a Diet
Excess sugar intake is killing Americans. But a few giant, consolidated beverage companies keep squashing reform efforts.
Posted inHealth Care
Prescription Drug Sales Are Spiking – Is Advertising to Blame?
Drug companies spend more than $3 billion a year on advertising. It works.
Posted inHealth Care
More Than a Pink Ribbon
Breast cancer awareness and prevention are important, but patients’ mental health needs deserve equal attention.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health Care
Change the Course of Biomedical History
Congress shouldn’t bypass a groundbreaking opportunity to support medical research.
Posted inHealth Care
How Obamacare Is Winning “Young Invincibles”
More than 5.7 million young Americans have become insured since 2010.
Posted inEconomy, Health Care
The Long Term Care Time Bomb
America’s biggest demographic challenges might be posed not by the very young, but by the very old.
Posted inBooks, Health Care, Magazine, March/April/May 2015
Death with Indignity
How Medicare and other federal subsidies rope the elderly into painful, futile, and costly end-of-life care.
Posted inGovernment, Health Care, Magazine, March/April/May 2015
Lost in Obamacare
Buried in Steven Brill’s convoluted tome are important truths about how to reform our health care delivery system.
Posted inHealth Care, Law and Justice, Magazine, November/December 2014
Happy Birthday, Methadone!
Maintenance therapy proved its value half a century ago. We need it today to combat a rise in opioid use. But many courts and prisons cling to a Reagan-era “Just say no” mind-set.
