A recent news report from ABC News caught my eye and should raise the eyebrows of all 85,815,827 Americans enrolled in Medicaid, 26 percent of the U.S. population. Massachusetts Medicaid enrollee Salvatore LoGrande recently lost his battle with cancer after extensive medical…
Gavin Newsom proudly made California the first state to provide no charge Medicaid (called Medi-Cal in Golden State) health insurance to illegal entrants (“illegals”). His plan will cover only adults. Eleven other states also intend to enroll illegals in Medicaid. In contrast to…
Many of our current domestic disasters stem from a slate of legislation passed six decades ago: President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, which resulted in a disastrous centralization of power in the Washington bureaucracy and then sought to impose its destructive…
As drug prices rise, Congress has tossed about for a new villain in the healthcare industry — and it isn’t Big Pharma. Instead, there is an all-out campaign against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Ads on YouTube, news sites, Pinterest, and…
Why is Congress continuing to help Big Pharma avoid accountability and suck every penny it can from Main Street? From July 2021 to July 2022, major pharmaceutical companies inflated the prices of over 1,000 drug products by over 31 percent…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the House Republicans have a tremendous opportunity to create a better American future. If they can successfully carry out the will of the American people, we will get to lower spending, less inflation, and eventually a…
Dealing with high inflation and an increasingly shaky economy, Americans are forced to make tougher spending choices. With public debt at an all-time high, government should do the same. This feat isn’t that hard now that the Congressional Budget Office…
Congress’ annual August recess is a good time to think about the big picture. Most Americans want government reformed for the better. We notice its many breakdowns, dysfunctions, and failures to deliver on promises. Yet politicians of both parties usually…
At present, Washington controls the health care for nearly half — 151.8 million or 46 percent — of the U.S. population. Enrollment in government health insurance programs are as follows: 81 million in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program;…