Enrollees in the Medicaid health insurance program have never had a work requirement to receive the entitlement. Idaho House Bill 138...

Medical Certificate of Need (CON) laws have existed since the mid-1960s. They are a classic example of government intervention and...

Here we go again. Some lawmakers in Washington state will just not give up on their quest for a state-run single-payer health care...

Congress passed the original Medicaid program in 1965 as a health insurance safety net for the most vulnerable low-income people in the...

The findings of a recent audit performed by the Washington State Auditor’s Office  showed that on average, Washington paid $8.6 million...

The bipartisan U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic recently released its 520-page final report on the origin of...

It is time to put the patient back in control of their health care. Over seventy percent of Americans’ health care is paid for by a...

Let’s do a thought experiment. You walk into a grocery store and there are no prices posted for any food item. You fill your cart with...

Spending on health care in the United States continues to increase. For 2022, the last year of complete data, overall spending was $4.4...

The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, became law in 2010 and provisions from the legislation began in 2014. The overall goal of the law...

Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers (PBMs) have a poorly understood role in the U.S. health care system. In general, drug manufacturers sell...

Limiting options is not a way to reduce costs or improve care. Certificate of Need (CON) laws are a state regulatory tool that seeks to...

The Mountain States Policy Manual is a 200-page guide filled with facts, figures, research and more than 80 recommendations – it is an...

Unfortunately, 90% of Americans lack access to health savings accounts. Why? Because, under current law, it is illegal to have an HSA unless

These taxes often come with promises to decrease sugar consumption and raise revenue for popular programs. These goals are counterintuitive.

The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 to provide a forum for international health issues and to promote healthy...

Americans view health insurance much differently than other types of insurance. When a person says that they have great health insurance,...

Americans should have the right to know prices for their medical care.

The 340B program either needs serious reform to actually support the most vulnerable patients or it should be closed.

When the federal government decided to get even more involved in health care, numerous promises were made about the price you would pay and