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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 NEWSLETTER: Giving Americans a Voice

Opinion polling—and the national mood—indicate Republicans have a good chance of taking control of the House and possibly the Senate in Tuesday’s elections. So what will their agenda be? The new Congress should prioritize positive policy initiatives. House Republicans have spent most of this session of Congress developing plans through their Commitment to America, and they will hold … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER: Ready to Govern

Bob Helms, the dean of our health policy community who was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, died yesterday at Holy Cross hospital in nearby Maryland, leaving behind a wealth of important work and a legacy of intellect and decency. He was one of the seven founding members of the Health Policy Consensus Group, sitting for many hours around a conference table in the days of … [Read more...] about Losing a Leader