Grace-Marie Turner was interviewed on Point of View with host Dr. Merrill Matthews discussing the current debate over health policy provisions in the Manchin-Schumer reconciliation bill. … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner Interview on “Point of View”
Doubling Down on a Bad Idea
Why Congress Shouldn’t Increase Obamacare Spending | By Doug Badger, The Daily Signal | July 18, 2022 | Senate Democrats want to salvage some of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better spending bill, and extending Obamacare health insurance subsidies is a top priority Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., whose support is crucial to Democrats’ passing the legislative package, reportedly has agreed … [Read more...] about Doubling Down on a Bad Idea
Taking on Bernie Sanders
Grace-Marie Turner testified before the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday, May 12, 2022, during a hearing on Medicare for All. … [Read more...] about Taking on Bernie Sanders
Learn to Live with It!
Clinging to emergency powers won’t stop the spread of COVIDby Doug Badger and Kevin Dayaratna |The Philadelphia Inquirer | April 17, 2022 Starting today, Philadelphia is reinstating its indoor mask mandate. In so doing, the city is failing to adapt policy to the changing nature of the COVID public health challenge, Doug Badger and Kevin Dayaratna write in an op-ed for The … [Read more...] about Learn to Live with It!
Pitfalls of Single-Payer
Grace-Marie Turner testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on March 29, 2022, during a hearing on “Examining Pathways to Universal Health Coverage.” The full testimony she submitted for the record. A five-minute summary of the testimony presented during the hearing. The YouTube recording of the four hearing: … [Read more...] about Pitfalls of Single-Payer
The Inside Story Behind Operation Warp Speed
From its inception in May 2020, Operation Warp Speed, which was tasked with facilitating the development of multiple vaccines to address the Covid-19 pandemic, was widely criticized and scorned by the media and the political left. And yet it proved to be one of the most successful, and life-saving, public-private partnerships in history—a fact that even the media now grudging acknowledge. One … [Read more...] about The Inside Story Behind Operation Warp Speed
CDC Must Drop the Masks and Deceit
“Unmasking CDC’s Latest Mask Study: How Government Gets It Wrong Again” By Doug Badger | Feb. 8, 2022, The Daily Signal | Galen Senior Fellow Doug Badger has read the fine print in the latest CDC study on masking and finds it embarrassingly deficient. The Centers for Disease Control blasted out the news from the study that purports to prove wearing a mask dramatically lowered … [Read more...] about CDC Must Drop the Masks and Deceit
Analyzing Medicare Vaccine Policy
While Covid-19 vaccines have been “free” to everyone, Medicare’s overall vaccine policy is haphazard at best. In a new paper, Galen Senior Fellow Doug Badger examines Medicare’s “balkanized” coverage of preventive vaccines. He asks: “Should Medicare Eliminate Cost Sharing for Preventive Vaccines?” Badger explains the current confusion: “Medicare Part B … [Read more...] about Analyzing Medicare Vaccine Policy