Policy & Ethics

The World Health Organization (WHO) is one of the finest institutions on the planet. Its accomplishments are far too numerous to list here, but its most famous is the effort it led to eradicate smallpox from the face of the planet.

Can someone please explain the logic here? Does this make any sense at all?

“Patients have long been aware that many unseen dollars drive medical decisions and events.”   Introduction

Medical bills are difficult to understand that makes pricing transparency an impossible dream. Here is a common sense guide to understanding these bills, especially for the uninitiated or those that see them only occasionally.

If your only source for news are the idiots at Mother Jones or the even bigger idiots at Sourcewatch, you probably don't know much about the real American Council on Science and Health.

The US House of Representatives, in its quest to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), has included in its effort a proposal to "defund" Planned Parenthood.

Physicians give advice. That’s what we do.

Dear Hollywood:

A young man who received a lung transplant four weeks ago following a terrible case of pneumonia that caused his lungs to collapse has died.

Several years after the ACA ("Obamacare") passed, healthcare costs continue to rise in America.