According to a summary report on a comprehensive national survey, more than eight out of 10 physicians practicing in an ambulatory setting have no access to any form of electronic health record (EHR), and only […]
According to an annual study released by Fidelity Investments, a couple retiring this year will need about $225,000 to cover lifetime medical costs. The study assumes no employer-sponsored retiree coverage. It includes Medicare premium payments, […]
Nothing probably shows the potential of health savings accounts (HSAs) better than their enemies’ attempts to wreck them. An attempt to load on costly administrative requirements passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. […]
After much criticism and the filing of a lawsuit by AAPS against it, the Texas Medical Board (TMB) will host a series of town hall meetings this summer. This exercise is supposedly to “gather input […]
The Senate is poised to vote on S. 2191, the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade scheme for reducing carbon emissions, which would cost the U.S. economy an estimated $1 trillion to $2.8 trillion by 2050. When gasoline and […]
Widely trumpeted in the press, a nonscientific survey shows that 59% of American physicians purportedly favor legislation to establish national health insurance (NHI), while only 32% are opposed. “The debate over physician support of national […]
The U.S. vaccine court recently conceded that the brain damage suffered by Hannah Poling, who has a coexisting mitochondrial disorder, stemmed from her exposure to five vaccines. “I would not be too quick to dismiss Hannah as an anomaly,” writes Bernadine Healy, M.D., former director of the National Institutes of Health and a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
At a press conference on May 19, Arthur Robinson, Ph.D., announced the release of the names of 32,000 scientists who have signed a strongly worded petition dissenting from the alarmist assertions of Al Gore and […]
Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. The bill violates the […]
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuoma has issued subpoenas to Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealth, WellPoint, and other insurers in a broadening investigation of possible fraud in setting insurance reimbursements that cost consumers hundreds of millions of […]
