by Monty Self | Sep 9, 2021 | Opinion
An Alabama physician will not treat any patients who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Jason Valentine recently informed patients this policy will begin on October 1, 2021. He’s not alone. In Vancouver, a walk-in clinic sent a 13-year-old to the emergency room...
by Kevin Heifner | Aug 26, 2021 | Opinion
People self-medicating with Ivermectin, a medication used to address parasites in animals, to treat or prevent COVID-19 led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a consumer update about why this should not be taken. “You are not a horse. You are not a...
by Monty Self | Jul 23, 2021 | Opinion
United Health Care (UHC) announced in early June that it would begin refusing to process payments for unnecessary emergency room visits. The insurance giant argued that hospital emergency rooms are too expensive, and misuse is driving up costs This policy change was...
by Monty Self | Jul 16, 2021 | Opinion
More than 1,300 immigrants carried out hunger strikes in U.S. immigration detention facilities during the Obama and Trump administrations. This was a key finding of a report released in June by the American Civil Liberties Union, documenting the treatment of detained...
by Scott Stearman | Jul 15, 2021 | Opinion
Expansion of health care is not only morally compelling but also in the interest of our health – both as individuals and as a society. I made a slam-dunk argument in part one of this two-part series. The slam-dunk aspect has nothing to do with skillful argument, but...
