Tag: Opinion

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For women trying to navigate our complex healthcare system, information is key

Nicole Russell · March 16, 2023 6:00 am

Despite weeks of talks, hours of hearings and a last-minute push by the White House, it's all but certain GOP lawmakers will go home without the big win on healthcare reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Empowering patients through price transparency

Rep. Brett Guthrie · March 16, 2023 6:00 am

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Our healthcare pricing crisis: Is the market the culprit or the cure?

Havilah Wingfield · March 16, 2023 6:00 am

FILE- In this June 1, 2018 file photo, small vials of fentanyl are shown in the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. Nebraska state officials are preparing for their first execution in two decades on Aug. 14 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., and their first-ever lethal injection with an untried combination of drugs. The new execution protocol calls for an initial IV dose of diazepam, commonly known as Valium, to render the inmate unconscious; the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl; cisatracurium besylate to induce paralysis and stop the inmate from breathing; and potassium chloride to stop the heart.

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Curbing fentanyl is a national matter of life or death

Dave Marlon · March 16, 2023 6:00 am

Fairness and Justice

Biden is subverting democracy with his CHIPS rules

Gary Shapiro · March 16, 2023 12:00 am

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.

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How not to regulate car sales in your state

David Freddoso · March 15, 2023 4:42 pm

education, elementary school, learning and people concept - group of school kids with teacher sitting in classroom and raising hands

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Preparing minority students for college success deserves conservatives’ support

Robert Pondiscio · March 15, 2023 1:52 pm

Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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Is Blinken repeating Biden’s Iraq mistake in Africa?

Michael Rubin · March 15, 2023 1:50 pm

A North Korean man carries his country's national flag after celebrations of the "Day of the Shining Star" or birthday anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The celebrations of Kim's birthday anniversary, a revered national holiday, came as South Koreaâs president warned that North Korea faces collapse if it doesnât abandon its nuclear weapons program, amid an international outcry over Pyongyangâs January nuclear test and the Feb. 7 rocket launch.

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North Korea signals more provocations and tensions

Bruce Klingner · March 15, 2023 1:42 pm

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Vermont bans a high school from athletics for objecting to boys in girls’ sports

Zachary Faria · March 15, 2023 1:22 pm

Complex Financial Institution Resolution Specialist Brian J. Teitel exits a Silicon Valley Bank to speak with customers waiting in line in Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday, March 13, 2023. The federal government intervened Sunday to secure funds for depositors to withdraw from Silicon Valley Bank after the banks collapse. Several individuals waited in line before the bank opened to withdraw funds.

‘Woke’ Silicon Valley — Sand Hill Road and Stanford Law — get off scot-free

Michael Barone · March 15, 2023 12:43 pm

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How Congress can help open up America’s healthcare markets

Robert Moffit · March 15, 2023 11:20 am