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Health Care Reform

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The Importance of Having a Conservative Majority

Matt Windschitl: The Iowa Legislature does not exist solely to pass legislation but also to prevent harmful legislation from becoming law.

Medicare for All—No Care for You

Democrat presidential candidates are sparring over how much to expand Medicare. Who will it cover and what benefits could it realistically provide?

Medicare for Bernie

Dr. Jane Orient: Bernie Sanders’ plan does not look like Medicare at all and it appears that he hardly knows anything about Medicare at all.

Price Transparency​ in Health Care

Chuck Grassley: Getting the rules right on price disclosure is important to help make health care more affordable for more Americans and the taxpaying public.

The Healthcare Revolution: More Choices, Not More Taxes

Dr. Marilyn Singleton: We need a middle-class medical care revolt against the elitists and politicians who think more government through high taxes is The Answer.

Mission Possible: Saving Freedom in Medical Care

Dr. Marilyn Singleton: Independent medical practices will lead the way to achieve great affordable medical care through competition and consumer choice.

The Courage to Trust Medical Care to Patients and Physicians

Dr. Marilyn Singleton: It’s time for Congress to bring to the floor over a dozen bills to expand and improve Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to give patients more control over all facets of their medical care.

How Trump Can Turbo-Charge Patient Freedom and Lower Medical Costs

Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet: President Trump now seeks ways to unleash patient choices by eliminating many Obama-era rules and regulations that drive up costs and limit medical freedom. Here’s how he can do it.

A Health Savings Account Could Save Your Life

Marilyn Singleton: We dread the day when “algo-medicine” devoid of human emotion, intuition, or instinct will say Sell! (to the mortician) when the patient hits 70? Buy! if the baby has no problems discerned on prenatal ultrasound?

“Coverage” Isn’t “Care”

Dr. G. Kevin Smith: Not only is “coverage” not equivalent to “care,” “coverage” can and many times does create a barrier to care.

Congressional Platitudes and Glittering Generalities About Health Care

Dr. Marilyn Singleton: The Affordable Care Act produced an unrecognizable version of insurance. The ACA and its health care reform progeny must go.

Episode 01: Rick Santorum Discusses the Graham-Cassidy Bill

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum discusses the Graham-Cassidy Bill with Shane Vander Hart. He says it will effectively repeal and replace Obamacare.

Repeal and Replace? No Thanks, Take 2!

G. Keith Smith, M.D.: Americans perceive the contempt that elites have for those on whom they would inflict medical care they would never stand for themselves.

Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 7-1-17 (Guest: Chris Jacobs)

On Caffeinated Thoughts Radio, Shane Vander Hart discussed the Senate reform bill with Chris Jacobs, and then discussed a big decision in the Supreme Court.

California’s Very Expensive Free Lunch

Dr. Marilyn Singleton: Let’s hope California’s legislators realize that losing the hallmarks of good medicine is not worth of cost of free single payer.