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Universal Coverage Means Less Care

By Jane M. Orient, M.D. The reported success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) is based on enrollment numbers. Millions more have “coverage.” Similarly, the predicted disasters from repeal have to do with […]

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” […]

ObamaCare Repeal vs. Reality

By: Jane M. Orient, M.D. The attempt by House Speaker Paul Ryan and other powerful Republicans to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”) has run into a buzz saw of opposition […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Case for Being Uninsured

By: Jane M. Orient, MD Republicans say they are going to “replace” ObamaCare, but they will come up with something very similar and at least as bad if they start with the same misguided objective: […]