During the third Democratic debate, Sanders suggested his health-care plan would lower health-care costs significantly compared to the "status quo." Most studies say his plan will raise costs.
Month: September 2019
Metformin or Sulfonylurea Use in Kidney Disease
This cohort study uses data from the National Veterans Health Administration, Medicare, Medicaid, and National Death Index to compare major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with diabetes and reduced kidney function who continued treatment with metformin or sulfonylurea.
The Gates Foundation says that inequality stands in the way of progress
The third annual Goalkeepers report from the Gates Foundation is out, and even in a year in which the world seems prey to never ending political and environmental instability, it isn’t straying from the organization’s core optimistic philosophy: Despite all the...
California adds Iowa to state’s travel ban over refusal to fund gender transitions
California has added Iowa to a list of states where taxpayer-funded trips are banned, after the state removed gender protections under Medicaid, The Sacramento Bee ...
WaPo gives Eric Trump 4 Pinocchios after ObamaCare website claim
The Washington Post fact-checker on Monday gave Eric Trump, one of the president's sons, four "Pinocchios" for a recent Instagram post in which Trump shared a quote saying President Trump's border "wall costs less t...
Eric Trump’s Four-Pinocchio claim that the Obamacare website cost more than Trump’s border barrier
The president's son also claimed he was quoting the actor Tim Allen, but that's wrong, too.
Booker defends middle-ground health care approach: ‘We’re going to fight to get there’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a 2020 White House hopeful, defended his middle ground approach to universal health care Sunday.NBC's Chuck Todd said Booker seems to be trying to "bridge a divide" between former Vice Pr...
House Republicans, seeking path back to majority, vow to try again on scrapping health-care law, curbing deficits
Health care remains an albatross for the GOP, two years after the Affordable Care Act replacement effort sputtered. So does the national debt, which has continued to skyrocket.