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Soon, there may not be an app for that
The lengths to which this administration goes to stifle private innovation never ceases to amaze me. Enter, stage left, the FDA.
Another approach to health insurance: deregulation
In 1993 Maine enacted health insurance regulations that, among other things, told insurance companies that they pretty much had to charge the same premiums to all who applied. This concept is…
Health care costs expected to rise 7.5% in 2013
So much for bending down the cost curve. Reuters has the story which – not surprisingly – avoids any reference to the president’s health care legislation that obviously is a…
Obamacare: Congress passed it, now they are reading it
A piece of Obamacare imposes a tax on medical device manufacturers. Members of Congress now seem horrified. It is almost as if “someone” hid this provision from them…except, they are the…
Senator suggests Supreme Court overturn of Obamacare would be “conservative activism”
Oh no it won’t. There is a huge difference between judicial activism, where a judge or court provides a ruling based on their own feelings or opinion, and a proper…
Church v. State
Today, 43 separate Catholic institutions filed suit against the federal government challenging it’s mandate that all such institutions must provide health insurance that covers abortion inducing drugs, sterilization and contraceptives. This mandate violates…
Credit where credit is due: Insurance premiums up thanks to ObamaCare
On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services released a new rule requiring insurance companies who miss medical loss ratio targets – and are therefore required to credit policy holders…
Feds Raid California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
So goes Santa Barbara, so goes Hartford? A crackdown on California’s medical marijuana supply chain by federal authorities targeting the state’s illegal drug trade arrived this week in the affluent,…

