The Horror of Chemical Weapons
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Syrian President Bashar al Assad is being read out of the human race, and the Trump Administration seems to have done a 180-degree turn on the necessity for “regime change” […]
Calculating Healthcare Strategy
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, MD Political machinations continue after Ryan Care was withdrawn for lack of enough votes. Strategists try to figure what will satisfy the Senate parliamentarian on […]
Trump Needs to Drain the “Healthcare” Swamp
By Jane M. Orient, MD: In his Feb 28 address to the Joint Session of Congress, President Trump called the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or “ObamaCare”) an “imploding disaster.” His references to soaring premiums, contracting […]
Drain the Healthcare Swamp, Say AAPS and AID
In a letter to President Trump and Vice President Pence, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and the Association of Independent Doctors (AID) ask the Administration to examine where all the $3 trillion […]
Travel Ban Is Revealing—but Does Not Threaten American Medicine
By Jane Orient, MD A 90-day ban on travel from seven countries has sparked tremendous outpourings of “worry” or outright opposition by some 33 medical organizations. “The community is reeling over the order, fearing that […]
Day One and the Fate of ObamaCare
This week’s ObamaCare news roundup, curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. On the first day of his Administration, President Trump signed an Executive Order “granting modest relief from Obamacare,” as described by Avik Roy (Forbes, […]
What If Sick People Lose Their ObamaCare?
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. As Republicans contemplate repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”)—seriously, not just as a political gesture—alarms are sounding about millions of individuals losing coverage. So soon we have forgotten […]
RINO: Repeal in Name Only?
This week’s ObamaCare news round-up curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Republicans are posturing about the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”) through the budget reconciliation, but this is only a partial […]
Possible Supreme Court Nominee Charles Canady Stands Up for Patients’ and Physicians’ Rights
The right to contract is fundamental, and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) applauds the strong defense of that right by Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady. He is on the list of […]
Trump, the Media, and ObamaCare
By: Kristin S. Held, M.D. Americans are learning that the media is not a free press but rather the propaganda claw of statist predators lurking at the far left end of the swamp. President-elect Trump […]
