My brother-in-law Vincent is now off on a short hospital stay due to an infection. Decades of morbid obesity compromised the circulation to his legs. He’s thus susceptible to chronic infections and sores that require IV antibiotics and other interventions. The hospital nursing staff has been quite kind. Vincent is having a good stay, made… Read more »
Health Care
If You Want to Reduce Suicide, Medicaid Expansion is a Good Place to Start
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released results this week to document that suicide rates have increased by 24% since 1999. The increase has been especially rapidly among women and among middle-aged people of both genders between the ages of 45 and 64. This is just a huge problem. Quite properly, the… Read more »
Should ACA Provide Health Coverage to Undocumented Immigrants?
Chelsea Clinton recently suggested that undocumented immigrants gain access to (unsubsidized coverage). Predictably, she drove the social media world nuts. Do you believe that Hillary Clinton now wants Obamacare for illegal immigrants? She should spend more time taking care of our great Vets! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 19, 2016 On the merits, it’s… Read more »
More on the VA “Scandal” That Wasn’t
Last Friday, the Washington Monthly released a major investigatory piece by Alicia Mundy about the 2014 VA “scandal”—the one in which scores of veterans were said to have died as a result of lengthy wait times to see VA doctors. Mundy’s story shows that these allegations were baseless–that they were cooked up by a Koch… Read more »
The VA Isn’t Broken, Yet
Inside the Koch brothers’ campaign to invent a scandal and dismantle the country’s most successful health care system.
Can Text Messages Keep You Healthier?
An innovative experiment looks at whether texting reminders can prompt people to get checkups.
Health Care’s Coming Crisis: Out-of-Pocket Costs
Soaring deductibles, co-pays and other costs will be the next big debate in health care.
Taking Liberties with Religious Liberty
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.
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.
Prescription Drug Sales Are Spiking – Is Advertising to Blame?
Drug companies spend more than $3 billion a year on advertising. It works.
