Opinion | Abortion Is Not Murder in the Eyes of the Law
Recently, the Utah House of Representatives passed a bill that would have allowed pregnant women to use the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane. The Utah Senate rejected this bill. HOV lanes are intended to reduce traffic congestion and help the environment. They have no further ambition. Bills like this are really attempts to imbue a fetus […]
Are Nurse Staffing Agencies Overcharging Hospitals?
A group of U.S. senators and representatives penned a letter to the COVID-19 Response Team and other agencies on Wednesday, urging them to investigate allegations of overpricing by nurse staffing agencies relied on to fill gaps in hospital staffing during the pandemic. In the letter, Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), and […]
PhRMA Warns of Dire Consequences if Medicare Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical industry representatives said Wednesday that proposals now being considered on Capitol Hill to lower patients’ prescription drug costs likely will have damaging effects on new drug development and on patients’ access to new medications. As part of a $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill, “lawmakers want to offset this amount of new spending by […]