As a supporter of universal health care, I applaud William Vaughan Jr. (“Reality of universal health care worth examining,” ...

In debates about the soaring costs of American health care, attention typically turns to insurance reform, pharmaceutical pricing, hospital consolidation, or corporate profiteering. These are ...

Federal cuts to Medicaid will end up increasing costs to the nation’s health care system as low-income people who lose their coverage will seek treatment in emergency rooms and other high-cost ...

Congress passed a bipartisan spending package on Feb. 3 that carries ramifications for telehealth, pharmacy benefit managers, funding for physicians’ mental health resources and more.The five-bill, $1 ...

The bottom line is that the government is too heavily involved in micromanaging the healthcare market. As our nation creeps toward a single-payer socialist system of dispensing care, large non-profit ...

A year after the passage of health care reform, fewer than half of Americans support it, a similar percentage believe that it has already been found unconstitutional or soon will be, health care costs ...

Sometimes, in the middle of a hotly-argued partisan battle, it can make sense to look at the opinions of more distant and possibly more objective observers. When the battle involves American politics, ...

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The House passed several bills last week aimed at improving the quality of medical care in prisons and developing stronger ...