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
The anti-science agency
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
Looking Forward
It’s been a tough year in the health policy trenches, but we are ever optimistic that 2023 will bring new opportunities to advance health freedom. With Democrats in control of both houses of Congress and the White House, we have taken many hits: Prescription drug pricing: Liberals finally notched their long-sought goal of enacting legislation to allow the federal government to … [Read more...] about Looking Forward
NEWSLETTER: Giving Americans a Voice
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
NEWSLETTER: Ready to Govern
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
Losing a Leader 
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 
The Lawlessness Continues
The Biden administration is doing everything it can to impose its progressive will on Americans through the regulatory process, going beyond what could pass even the compliant Democrat-controlled Congress. Student loans: Voters are rightly outraged over the Biden administration’s student loan “forgiveness” program that, with a stroke of a pen, will cost taxpayers more than $400 billion and … [Read more...] about The Lawlessness Continues
Be Undaunted
It’s been more than a month since Congress passed the horrifically bad Inflation “Reduction” Act, and we are still licking our wounds about the defeat. This law is purely political and is terrible policy—both in its severe threats to pharmaceutical innovation and in further expansion of government health programs that will leave people with worse coverage and taxpayers with a bigger … [Read more...] about Be Undaunted