Nanny State Madness
Marylanders Investigated for “Free Range Parenting”

Parents are under investigation for letting their two young children walk home from a park by themselves.

Bankrupt Health Care
Is U.S. Health Care Making a Miraculous Recovery?

A new study finds that health care is working better for many Americas, but other polls disagree. Either way, things don’t look terribly rosy overall.

Bankrupt Health Care
Hard Times For The Medicaid Expansion

The Medicaid expansion isn’t going as smoothly as supporters expected. As long as health care costs stay high, the ACA will be targeted.

Bankrupt Healthcare
The Most Expensive Free Health Care in the World

New ACA rules will require nonprofit hospitals to offer more discounted care to lower-income Americans. This is marginal cost-shifting in a dysfunctional system.

Social Engineering
Maybe China Can’t Reverse Its Child Limit

China is allowing some couples to apply to have a second child, but the Chinese may no longer be interested in that.

Bankrupt Health Care
The “Coverage Gap” Is Even Worse Than You Think

For some, the “coverage gap” is one of our most pressing health care problems. But it all comes down to cost.

revolt of the elites
Harvard: The Canary in the ACA Coalmine

Harvard professors are protesting new university rules requiring them to pay for more of their own health care, and their anger is a sign of damage to come.

Prognosis for the New Year
Ten Health Care Stories To Watch in 2015

For health care developments, 2014 was both eventful and, on the whole, pretty bleak. However, there were also victories that could mature throughout 2015.

medicaid madness
Texas Picks a Bad Time To Rethink Medicaid

Just as the Medicaid Expansion is starting to show signs of serious strain, Texas’s Governor-elect is reconsidering his state’s decision to reject it.

Too Much Medicine
More Health Care Isn’t Always Better Health Care

Two new studies show that patients need much better information about the risks and benefits of medical procedures.

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