Grace-Marie Turner

President Biden is previewing his 2024 campaign platform to accuse Republicans of making plans to decimate Medicare, saying in his State of the Union address last week, “If anyone tries to cut Medicare, I will stop them.” Mr. Biden needs to take a look in the mirror first because he is doing exactly that in real time, building on his long record of making deep cuts to Medicare. A … [Read more...] about Medicare Hypocrisy

Liberals have one big idea in health care:  Find new ways to spend taxpayer money and expand government authority over health care. This week was no exception in President Biden’s State of the Union speech—with calls for added pressure on states to expand Medicaid, to yet more COVID funding, and making the enhanced Obamacare subsidies permanent. The bigger government-funded … [Read more...] about Pockets of Progress

Health systems around the world are still struggling to recover from the Covid lockdowns.   “British ‘single-payer” health care program is cratering,” Bob Moffit of The Heritage Foundation writes in the Washington Examiner. “According to the BBC, there are 7.2 British citizens awaiting medical care, or almost 11% of the population. “People suffering a heart attack face an average … [Read more...] about Government-Run Chaos

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to focus the floor debate next week on COVID recovery, beginning with a joint resolution to terminate the national emergency that has been in effect for nearly three years. With even President Biden declaring last year that “The pandemic is over,” it’s time to make it official.  We are in a very different place now in understanding … [Read more...] about It’s Time

Liberals say we are crazy when we warn of the risks to patients—especially the sick and vulnerable—of a single-payer government-run health care system. Tight budgets—often global budgets—already result in long waiting times for surgeries and other treatments, limited access to the newest and best medicines, and less investment in the newest technologies. But it is … [Read more...] about Life is Precious

Health care is not on the agenda as a top issue in the new Congress, but it will leap forward and conservatives need to be prepared. The House is expected to focus on COVID, especially investigating the source of the virus, vaccine harm, and the calamitous management of the pandemic by federal public health agencies.  Meanwhile, the Biden administration will proceed in as many ways as … [Read more...] about Build on Success

One of the first tasks for the new Congress must be resetting our nation’s pandemic response effort.   While now ex-director Anthony Fauci claimed he was “the science” and all of his decisions were based on science, that was far from the truth.   Dr. Marty Makary, professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, explains how Dr. Fauci’s infectious disease … [Read more...] about The anti-science agency 

Pollsters tell us that health care was basically a non-issue in the 2022 mid-term elections as voters prioritized inflation, crime, and immigration.   That’s the first time in the last seven elections—mid-terms and presidentials since 2008—that it hasn’t been a top-tier issue.  Voters are exhausted, especially after passage of the Inflation “Reduction” Act in August that … [Read more...] about Giving Americans a Voice