All I want for the New Year is an end to the “new normal.”
By Richard Koenig
Yaël Ossowski: Reckoning with insurance for better patient choice in healthcare
A new Senate bill seeks to take the hassle of dealing with healthcare companies away from patients and into the hands of insurance companies. Although it falls short of the mark, this bill is a step in the right direction toward sensible healthcare reform in Pennsylvania.
By Yaël Ossowski
Kirk Allen & John Kraft: Dr. Fauci warned about coronaviruses in 2003 – but didn’t act on it
Because he did very little in the last 17 years to address the very concerns about coronaviruses he raised in his testimony in 2003, Dr. Fauci should resign in disgrace.
By Kirk Allen & John Kraft
Second wave of Covid-19 was more deadly for Pa. nursing homes than first wave
The “fall surge” of Covid-19 cases created more deaths in nursing homes across the nation. But data reviewed by Broad + Liberty shows the fatality rate in Pennsylvania for the second surge was nearly two times the national average.
By Todd Shepherd
A Stimulus Would Mean ‘Survival’ for Long-Term Care
Long-term care advocates say a stimulus would mean “survival” for their industry — and many in Pennsylvania. Federal stimulus dollars can directly support residents and their providers of care at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zach Shamberg: Learning from the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic
Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities throughout Pennsylvania bore the brunt of the Covid-19. The struggles of the last year, especially bungled government policy, have provided some lessons to learn.
By Zach Shamberg
Mark Galvin: One enraging reason why health care costs are killing us
The nation’s 6,000 or so hospitals must reveal the confidential prices they have been charging because of the new Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
By Mark Galvin
Howard Lurie: Despite the Newspeak, abortion will never be reproductive healthcare
Being in favor of “choice” means being in favor of freedom — as long as you don’t question what that freedom is for.
By Howard Lurie