AAPS: A major sticking point in reopening the government is the extension of expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Without these subsidies, insurance premiums will double for those receiving them. Because of this, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is breaking ranks with the Republican Party. It should be obvious that […]
Category: Health Policy
An Appeal To Dismantle Obamacare
I’ll believe it when I see it:
The Charlotte Light Rail Murder and Involuntary Commitments Of The Mentally Ill
The John Locke Foundation has a couple of articles that discuss the legislative response to the murder on Charlotte’s light rail. Among other things, the General Assembly decided that there must be “mental health evaluations for an expanded range of arrestees”. The state of North Carolina already had an involuntary […]
Lobbying By The Health Insurance Industry
Chip Roy via Breitbart: Now, it may surprise people to know the healthcare industry spends almost three-quarters of a billion dollars on lobbying Washington every year. That’s six times more than the defense industry. Why? Because they want that free money…. That is a great illustration of why we have […]
Cone’s New Hospital In Mebane: Monopoly Intensified
Under North Carolina’s Certificate of Need process, any entity that wants to open a new hospital must genuflect before the state. Cone Health did so in order to gain approval for its proposed hospital in Mebane instead of Duke Health and Novant. The corrupt local media reported that Cone won […]
AAPS Supports Secretary RFK Jr.
AAPS: On September 13, at its 82nd annual meeting in Chantilly, VA, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) passed the following emergency resolution, which was authored by Wayne Iverson, M.D.: “Be it resolved that: AAPS enthusiastically supports the intent and concept of the Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) initiatives as […]
The Treachery Of The Electronic Health Record
Most folks don’t understand that medical practices that use electronic health records likely upload their records to the North Carolina state government’s Health Information Electronic Exchange; and then their records can be accessed by multiple federal agencies. Below you will find a video of a talk given by Dr. Craig […]
When The Data Contradicts The Political Signaling About NC Hospitals
One of the many items that the regional media/left complex has attempted to indoctrinate us to believe is that non-profit hospitals are somehow better than for-profit hospitals. We are supposed to believe that the non-profit hospitals are inherently virtuous whereas the for-profit hospitals are abjectly evil. We are to believe […]
Another Trump Unforced Mistake
The big vision? To share our health data electronically with big tech companies. That includes medical records, data from “wearables”, etc. The idea is that this sharing of data will somehow result in health improvement. It appears there are some major political donors likely pushing for this. It is yet […]
Plot To Depose RFK, Jr.
The culprit is apparently a trade association comprised of drug companies. This is fairly remarkable with regard to the degree of brazenness. I don’t know if it will achieve its desired purpose.