The owner of a Florida addiction treatment facility has been found guilty of running an insurance scheme that charged private health insurers more than $58 million for services that were never provided and, in some cases, were not even medically necessary, the Department of Justice announced on April 13. Carie Lyn Beetle, 44, a resident of Lake City, and a group of co-conspirators ran…
Florida Woman Convicted in Million Dollar Health Care Fraud for Phony Drug Treatment Centers: DOJ
Slowdown of Cancer Surgeries During Pandemic May Have Impacted Patient Survival: Study
Many surgeries were postponed to preserve health care capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet these measures may have resulted in shorter survival rates for cancer patients, a new study says. The study, published March 21 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), evaluates the long-term consequences of pandemic-related cancer surgery slowdowns on cancer survival in Ontario. “Longer wait…
Get Politics Out of Health Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has been heavily politicized, such that Americans’ health and medical freedom are at risk. From data suppression to scientific fraud, two experts speak out on the problems that occur when government controls health care. Medical freedom is a right that must be protected for all; it transcends politics and applies to people…
Nurse Who Lost Job and Family Over Vaccine Stance Finds New Career, Purpose
Refusing the COVID-19 vaccine cost B.C. nurse Svetlana Dalla Lana her job, her marriage, and access to her children, while straining other relationships. But she says she has found a new career in line with her passion, new relationships, and renewed hope. Two years ago, Dalla Lana worked as a primary care nurse at her…
For Real National Health, Bring Back Fat-Shaming
Commentary Now that even the tedious left is beginning the predictable COVID rollback, it’s time for at least a somewhat more balanced (pun intended) look at the second-most-important predictor of that disease, which is rarely mentioned but has always been known—weight. When I say always known, I mean virtually from the outset. Here’s one study…
Why California Never Will Have Single-Payer Health Insurance
February 8, 2022
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Commentary The latest attempt to impose a single-payer, socialist health system on California predictably failed. As Politico headlined, “California liberals seethe after Democratic Legislature kills single-payer.” Why? The reason is because almost all California politicians think they’re special. And the most liberal elements in the Legislature believe they are leading not just the state, but…
California Republicans Pan Democratic Push for Government-Run Health Care
Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron blasted the California Assembly Rules Committee on Jan. 6 for approving legislation that would create single-payer, government-run universal health care in the state. Waldron (R-Valley Center) panned the committee, which consists of nine Democrats and three Republicans, for voting to advance a “government takeover of California’s health care system.” The…
Patients Threatened by Reparations Medicine
Commentary If you’re white and middle class, the push for health care “equity” could kill you. Prominent medical organizations and the Biden administration are pushing for rules that will move “disadvantaged” populations to the front of the line for scarce medical resources—think vaccines, ventilators, monoclonal antibody treatments. That means everyone else waits longer, in some…
CSIRO Brings ‘Hope’ to Aussies With New AI Weight Loss Coach
Just in time for all those New Year health promises, Australia’s leading scientific research organisation, the CSIRO has introduced Hope, an AI weight loss coach as a part of CSIRO’s Total Wellbeing Diet program. The weight loss program is a 12-week digital membership that focuses on a high protein and low GI diet formulated by…
Court Rebuffs Biden Administration’s Bid to Lift Block Against CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A federal appeals court on Monday turned down an attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration to lift a preliminary injunction against its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the bid, which had been made in a motion by Department of Justice lawyers. The ruling was unsigned and…
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