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Health Policy Legislative Update – 10/31/2015

While the House was busy planning for John Boehner’s exit, our representatives still found time to address health care issues. Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill in this week’s […]

Who Wants to Replace a Disaster?

This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. If ObamaCare is a disaster, then those who say it is “working” apparently want a disaster—for private insurance, private enterprise, and private medicine. The […]

Be Careful About Replacing ObamaCare

By Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD Since the day the Affordable Care Act was enacted, we have been subjected to the “repeal and replace” mantra. Replacement offerings are basically slimmed down versions of the ACA. A […]

Behind the Scenes in Race for Speaker of the House

An eyewitness account from Capitol Hill courtesy of AAPS’ boots-on-the-ground on Capitol Hill, our DC Counsel Charles Sauer of The Market Institute: Just a week ago, Congress was moving in the same direction that it […]

Giving Back—Not the Role of Government

This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. Many people forget that the government cannot give what it has not first taken. And once it takes power or gains a source of […]

Health Policy Legislative Update – 10/06/2015

Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. Five Parts of ACA On Path to Be Repealed via Reconciliation On September 29, 2015, the House Ways and Means Committee passed (23-14) […]

The $750 Pill and the Shackles of Serfdom

This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. How can the price of a pill leap from $13.50 to $750? Only because of third-party payment, writes Charles Hugh Smith. It’s time to […]

Health Policy Legislative Update – 9/22/2015

Another Privacy Grab in Sheep’s Clothing Is any health information private? Is any health information really non-identifiable? On September 8, 2015 the House passed H.R. 1725, the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorizing Act […]