What Kamala Harris’s low-key, record-breaking year made possible

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 News, Opinion

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The Inflation Reduction Act’s harms go beyond drug pricing — they’re threatening your Medicare

December 23, 2023December 22, 2023 healthcare, News, Opinion

The Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price-setting provisions have drawn significant rebuke from experts who argue that many clinical programs will ultimately be killed or never get started as a result of the act’s deleterious effects on innovation. What isn’t getting attention is how the law is reshaping Medicare in big ways.

Yes, Democrats have finally achieved their holy grail of being able to have the government set drug prices, and President Biden will certainly campaign ...

The House just passed a long-needed health care price transparency measure

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 healthcare, News, obamacare, Opinion

When I was pregnant with my second child, in the years following the passage of the Affordable Care Act, I went to the doctor for routine prenatal testing. Despite promises to the contrary, I had lost several health insurance plans during those years, and at least one while pregnant. At the doctor that day, my new deductible was so high that I paid full freight up-front for all my care.

The practice offered me two tests — one a new-fangled version of the old test. Wh...

On ObamaCare, Trump just dropped the ball

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 ACA, Donald Trump, News, obamacare, Opinion

One of the biggest unforced errors in pro sports history occurred in 1986, when Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner let a grounder roll between his legs. This 10th inning misstep allowed the Mets to survive and force game seven of that year's World Series. They won, and the Red Sox, who had been just one strike away from a World Series victory, had to wait another 18 years.

Former President Trump is having a Bill Buckner moment in his presidential campaign.

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Beyond forgiveness: Tackle the root causes of debt in higher education and health care

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 News, Opinion

Higher education institutions and hospital systems are similar in many ways. Both provide people with vital services. Both anchor local economies and communities. And unfortunately, both too often leave people in debt.

While the politics of debt forgiveness differs markedly between higher education and health care, both sectors urgently need pragmatic approaches to addressing the high prices that lead to widespread indebtedness.

Approximately 45 million Am...

Retribution, isolation and deportation: What to expect from a second Trump term

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 News, Opinion

Less than two months out from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump seems well on his way to securing a third consecutive Republican nomination for president.

And, with public polling increasingly showing Trump leading President Biden — including by 6 points (53 percent to 47 percent) per a recent Messenger/Harris X poll — the question of what a second Trump term would look like must be seriously considered, especially in light of recent comment...

Matthews: Trump’s right, ObamaCare sucks: Here’s why

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 healthcare, News, Opinion

Donald Trump recently asserted on Truth Social “Obamacare sucks!!!” He’s right. The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) has failed to achieve any of President Barack Obama’s vaunted promises. Democrats know it, and yet they complain about the U.S. health care system’s problems and costs without ever acknowledging that’s ObamaCare. As we approach the law’s 10-year anniversary — it passed in 2010, but most insurance reforms started in 2014 — let’s revisit some of its failed promises...

Puerto Rico deserves statehood now

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 News, Opinion

How long is too long?

Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory for 125 years. During that time, our fellow U.S. citizens on the island — currently 3.2 million — have remained disenfranchised and unfairly treated as second-class citizens.

Unless Congress ends Puerto Rico's territory status, Puerto Ricans' only option for full rights and democracy is to move stateside. Everyday island residents struggle with the thought of feeling pushed to leave to pursue ful...

3 reasons big GOP donors might pick Haley over Trump

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 News, Opinion

Presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley scored a big endorsement this week, winning the backing of Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP), described as the “largest conservative grassroots coalition in the country.” AFP is led by Charles Koch, has millions of members and is capable of fielding thousands of activists to knock on doors and encourage people to vote.

It was a big win, but it’s not the only reason for optimism inside Haley...

Biden turns ‘Godfather’ on prescription drugs

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 healthcare, Medicare, News, Opinion

They say that wherever government gets involved, there are unintended consequences — results that most people who had initially cheered on government action hadn’t considered. But the cynic in me believes there are few truly unintended consequences — that most proposals are not goals, but only a stop along the way toward a larger objective.

As a former health policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, and as someone whose mother’s life was extended and improved by prescriptio...