Defensive Medicine May Cost Consumers Money and Good Treatment
Doctors make mistakes. There are misdiagnoses and inappropriate treatments in 15% of patient illnesses, which results in almost 100,000 deaths each year. With yearly health care costs nearing $2.5...
View ArticleThe Politically Perverted New War on Drugs
Washington’s self-styled morality police are mugging for the camera while their agents intimidate suffering patients and prosecute physicians. To distract from the brutality, they use high dollar word...
View ArticleFuhr and Pociask in the Huffington Post
Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., Widener University professor and senior fellow at ACI, and Steve Pociask, ACI president, wrote a piece for the Huffington Post on the dangers of Internet Drugs. The piece can be...
View ArticleACA versus Miracle Healthcare Treatments
If doctors and patients take advantage of the steady stream of miracle treatments that restore function or save lives, the tab will be hideous. Can Medicare, Medicaid and The Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
View ArticleSavings from a Trillion in Health Costs
Some of the government decisions that push Americans toward the brink of sanity are in healthcare policies that can and should be reversed. With forethought and some political courage, better health...
View ArticleHope for Cures, Despair from Costs
While the Hill labors over which health care interventions to cover and who must pay the tab, medical researchers continue with remarkable progress in understanding and treatments. Each year, there are...
View ArticleHopes and Justification for Research into Genetic Disorders
The cost of US health care is about 17% of GDP and it is expected that there will be 35 million hospital admissions in 2017. In 2004, 133 million Americans lived with a chronic disease. Cost and...
View ArticlePricing for Miracle Drugs
Another “miracle drug” has been reported – this time it is a lifelong vaccination for influenza. We welcome the achievement and look forward to the benefits of a “once in a lifetime vaccination” that...
View ArticleAn Approach to Health Care That Could Work Well
JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway and Amazon announced their intention to take on the challenge of improving health care for their employees, using a not-for-profit approach. The trio’s announcement...
View ArticlePatriot News: Drug Affordability Boards Will Backfire, Harm Consumers
The coronavirus outbreak has become a worldwide emergency, and has led to serious concerns about medical shortages, including the availability of prescription drugs. While some states, including...
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