Tag: Health

Many insurance plans don't cover traditional hearing aids, saddling consumers with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. (iStock photo)

Affordable hearing aids should be a bipartisan issue

Gary Shapiro · June 5, 2017 12:00 pm

Dr. Tricia Derges, right, stands with Missouri Rep. Lynn Morris after they testified in support of legislation expanding eligibility for Missouri's assistant physician law at a Senate committee hearing at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Derges' application had been denied because Missouri took so long to implement the 2014 assistant physician law, but she could become eligible under new legislation recently passed by the legislature. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri looks to ease doctor shortage with ‘assistant physicians’

Anna Giaritelli · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

Unhealthy Agency

Ethan Epstein · June 2, 2017 7:15 am

Few people fully understand what Obamacare actually does. Once they learn, support plummets. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare’s newfound popularity could prove fleeting

Sally Pipes · June 1, 2017 4:53 pm

In the last several years, stories of collusion, price gouging and cover-ups by industry executives have continued to unfold -- all designed to improve their bottom line at the expense of patients. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Beltway Confidential

4 ways Congress can put the brakes on rising pharmaceutical drug costs

Kevin Campbell · June 1, 2017 4:17 pm

In Planned Parenthood's 35-page annual report, they make several claims that are not only false but obviously so. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

Beltway Confidential

Planned Parenthood caught lying again

Nicole Russell · June 1, 2017 2:59 pm

"It is with the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for Charlie's best interests, that I find it is in Charlie's best interests that I accede to these applications and rule that GOSH [Great Ormond Street Hospital] may lawfully withdraw all treatment save for palliative care to permit Charlie to die with dignity," the judge wrote. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

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Despite parents’ wishes, judge orders baby’s life support removed

Nicole Russell · June 1, 2017 1:48 pm

The filibuster is an important source of leverage for the minority. Eliminating it will make the majority more likely to attempt to enact its agenda with little or no debate and without considering alternatives. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

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Sorry President Trump: Abolishing the filibuster will not Make America Great Again

James Wallner · May 31, 2017 1:18 am

Planned Parenthood added an entirely new subcategory under "Other Women's Health Services" called "Miscarriage Care." (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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The Orwellian term Planned Parenthood will use to describe abortion after it’s illegal

Kristan Hawkins · May 30, 2017 7:28 pm

The most common reason cited for the alarming growth in burnout and dissatisfaction among practicing physicians included regulatory burdens and electronic health records. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Blame Obamacare and Congress for the coming drought of doctors

Kevin Campbell · May 30, 2017 3:41 pm

Exercise and healthy eating were central themes of Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Moving on from ‘Let’s Move’

Vinnie Tortorich · May 28, 2017 12:00 pm

The "deeming" rule puts vaping products and their components such as flavors, nicotine concentration levels, e-cigarette batteries, and software under the purview of the Tobacco Control Act. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Beltway Confidential

How one small Wisconsin town is standing up to an Obama-era FDA rule

Kathy Hoekstra · May 27, 2017 1:36 pm