Media Hit

A major national newspaper is reporting that hospitals and doctors get paid more if Medicare patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators.

After publicly calling attention to the problem eight years, physicians say there has been little to no change in the way insurance companies cover prescription medications for suicidal patients considered in danger of a drug overdose.

The U.S. Department of Energy approved four liquefied natural gas export projects for construction on the Texas Gulf coast in February.

This year has been labeled a referendum on just about everything, but healthcare is one thing that will definitely drive people to the polls.

Efforts to control prescription-drug prices by setting prices through a government mandate are not likely to control overall prescription-drug spending.

Voters will have a lot on their minds when they go to the polls next year. Resident scholar Merrill Matthews thinks 2020 will be a referendum on healthcare policy.