by Nicholas Goldberg To take advantage of California’s narrowly drawn assisted suicide law one must be terminally ill, with only six months to live, as certified by […]
Tag: health care
Individual choices vs. health care
What’s behind U.S.’s lower life expectancy? by Sally Pipes Progressives like to point out that Americans pay more for health care yet have poorer outcomes than people […]
A Texas judge just took religious ‘freedom’ too far
by Noah Feldman The long march of religious liberty exemptions is gaining speed. The people who brought you contraceptive care exemptions and COVID rule and vaccine exemptions […]
Hearing help is on the way to West Virginia
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids to adults without a prescription. They should start showing up on the market […]
New budget deal would be a big win for Congress
Rather unexpectedly, the 117th Congress is shaping up to be one of the most productive in recent memory. A new compromise reached by Sen. Joe Manchin and […]
When veterans become political pawns
by Martin Schram It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the […]
Why are we botching the monkeypox response? Blame homophobia
by Anita Chabria California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, was at a birthday gathering of mostly gay men recently when the conversation turned to […]
Is there a remedy for W.Va.’s poor ranking?
Statistics are an important tool but rarely the whole picture. There’s no better reminder of this than the announcement Medscape ranked West Virginia the third worst state […]
In blocking archaic law, judge likely saving lives
What a relief to know there are still courts that make decisions based on the rule of law rather than personal or political opinions. Judge Tera Salango […]
Midwives have been a revelation for this obstetrician
by Darcy N. Bryan As a California obstetrician, I never interacted with nurse midwives, and could only nod my head in agreement when my colleagues voiced leeriness […]
