By Jane M. Orient, M.D. This is the one hundredth anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. In his book The Great Influenza, John M. Barry described it as the deadliest plague in history. […]
Earlier this fall the Internal Revenue Service, along with the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor issued proposed rules that would increase the flexibility of Health Reimbursement Arrangements. Specifically, the rule […]
In a Twitter sparring match with Jim Hanson, the president of the Security Studies Group, newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wrote: “Actually, we have for-profit ‘death panels’ now: they are companies + boards saying […]
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon expressed concerns that he was being used as a “rubber stamp” and that the DOJ was only raising “anti-competitive concerns about one-tenth of one percent of this $69 billion […]
The clearest winner in the 2018 midterms was Medicaid. Voters in Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, making 363,000 more people eligible for the program next year. With Democrats winning the […]
Jane M. Orient, M.D. There are three aspects to the caravan: what is shown by the media; what is there to be seen; and what is unseen. The focus is on the innocent children, as […]
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon asked CVS and Aetna to keep operations distinct, while he reviewed public comments on the settlement. Comments submitted by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in a […]
Nearly two weeks after Nov. 6, the ballots have been counted and the winners and losers are finally in the books. A lame duck session of Congress is in progress with some 2019 spending bills, […]
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018, AAPS became the first group to file with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the State of Indiana’s efforts to reinstate legislation signed in 2016 by then-Governor Mike Pence. Following our […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD After the election, sappy statements on social media exhort us to bow down in praise that the first minority this or the first woman that was elected and how […]
