by Monty Self | May 15, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
California lawmakers voted on May 4 to loan $150 million to at-risk hospitals throughout the state in order to help prevent closures. This is partially in response to the Madera Community Hospital’s closure in December 2022, which left the county’s 160,000 residents...
by Monty Self | May 8, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Millions of U.S. adults went without necessary health care services in the last 12 months due to a lack of transportation. According to a new study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 21% of U.S. adults who do not have access to a vehicle or public...
by Monty Self | Apr 13, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The U.S. was debating the merits of the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act in 2009 when, in the heat of debate, then Governor Sarah Palin proclaimed that the Democrat health care expansion plan would create “death panels.” ACA Section 1233 on “Advance Care...
by Shane McNary | Apr 5, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The 75th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the establishment of the World Health Organization are observed this year. WHO was founded on April 7, 1948, preceding by seven months the adoption of the Universal Declaration on December 10. The...
by Monty Self | Jan 27, 2023 | Opinion
Americans spent over $335 billion on prescription drugs in 2018 compared to $30 billion in 1980, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This compels us to ask why there has been a $305 billion increase in less than 40 years. The simple answer is that it is...
