The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against a hospital system that serves low-income people in Washington state, finding that the formula the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses to calculate Medicare reimbursements is correct. The ruling is a victory for the Biden administration. The case, on appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals…
SCOTUS Upholds HHS’s Medicare Reimbursement Formula for Hospitals Serving the Poor
June 24, 2022
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Supreme Court Finds HHS Violated Drug Reimbursement Rules for Low-Income Patients
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) illegally reduced prescription drug reimbursements to hospitals by $1.6 billion a year in a program aimed at helping poor patients. The decision, a win for hospitals serving low-income individuals, allows those hospitals to seek the improperly withheld funding from the…
The Ideologies Behind the 2020 Riots; Shanghai’s Health Code System Controls People’s Lives
June 6, 2022
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We revisit the ideologies behind the 2020 riots. Will the summer of violence return in the near future? I discuss this with Dr. Douglas Groothuis at the Western Conservative Summit. China’s COVID-19 theatrics continue, as Shanghai’s so-called reopening met with roadblocks and even more problems. Seniors are barred from restrooms, and people can’t leave their…
Drill Bits and Scalpels Left Inside Britain’s NHS Patients, Data Shows
There have been nearly 100 cases of a foreign object—including drill bits—left inside NHS patients by mistake, according to a new analysis. Some 407 “Never Events”—things so serious they should never happen—were recorded in the NHS in England from April 2021 until March 2022, figures examined by the PA news agency show. This is the…
$24 Million in Research Funding to Keep Elderly out of Emergency
May 6, 2022
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The Australian government has committed $24 million (US$16.9 million) to innovative research through Australian universities to find ways of keeping elderly people out of hospital emergency departments (EDs) to relieve pressure. Projects at Flinders University in South Australia, the University of Western Australia, and the University of Tasmania are among ten projects around the country…
Ambulance Ramping Continues to Rise in Southeast Queensland
Almost half of all patients waited more than half an hour in an ambulance before being admitted to a hospital in southeast Queensland in December. Queensland Ambulance Service figures show ramping rose two percent to more than 46 percent of patients in the heavily-populated southeast between November and December 2021. There was a major COVID-19…
2 California Nurses Reflect on Vaccine Mandates as State Prepares to Add Laws
As California state lawmakers prepare to vote on seven COVID-19-related bills this month, two nurses reflected on how their hospitals managed vaccine mandates and religious exemptions. “There’s a lot of data suggesting that the mandate we did, didn’t make a lot of difference,” said Authur Gorman, a registered nurse from northern California’s Shasta County. “Going…
South Australian Premier Takes Steps to Prepare for Rise in COVID-19 Cases
March 22, 2022
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New South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas, announced on Tuesday that his government is taking new steps to prepare the state for a predicted rise in COVID-19 cases. This comes exactly two years after the Major Emergency Declaration and is based on modelling provided to the premier on Monday, which revealed that daily COVID-19 cases in…
Florida Hospital Immunity Bill on DeSantis’ Desk Amid Growing Outcry for Veto
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has until next Thursday to decide whether to sign, veto, or ignore a bill that protects healthcare providers from lawsuits related to COVID-19. Florida lawmakers delivered SB 7014 to his desk late on Feb.17, according a statement from his office. Under the Florida Constitution, DeSantis has seven days to act. If…
Florida Legislators Vote to Extend Protections for Health Care Providers
February 10, 2022
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Florida legislators voted Feb. 10 to extend a law making it difficult to sue health care providers for issues related to COVID-19. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis in what looks likely to be its last step in becoming a law. Florida is one of 29 states across the country…
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