Outside the Beltway

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

A study has found significant health benefits.

A growing trend has healthcare professionals and communities concerned.

We charge patients way more than other counties.

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

The agency says a 1986 law overrides state restrictions.

The rat race of becoming a physician and maintaining one’s license is more intense than popularly understood.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

Elizabeth Warren’s fellow Democrats aren’t so thrilled with her ‘Medidare For All’ plan.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

We shouldn’t need bad arguments to sell good policies.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Is the Sanders-Warren position too extreme for the general election?

The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.

A male sophomore makes two suicides in less than a week.

Republicans scored a win in Court last week, but it seems likely to lead to a political loss in the long-term.

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

Thanks in large part to an aggressive public health education program and vaccination, Australia is on course to effectively eradicate cervical cancer.

Total compensation has been going up and the non-wage portion of said compensation is basically “eating up all” of the past increases since approximately 1974 resulting in a stagnant hourly wage.

The Trump Administration’s new legal position on coverage for people with pre-existing conditions could pose political problems in the fall.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Just when you think the President has hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

After spending much of 2017 trying to do it, Republicans are giving up on any effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act before the midterms.

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

Voters in Maine hand their conservative Governor a setback.

Republican Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray say they’ve reached a bipartisan deal to fix an important part of the Affordable Care Act.

At least for now, Republicans seem to be giving up on repealing and replacing the PPACA. That’s not going to make the base happy.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

What was essentially the final effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is officially dead.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

Senate Republicans have ten days to act on their last-ditch attempt to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare, and it’s not at all clear if they have the votes to do so.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

The effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is dead for now.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

In a vote close enough to require the Vice-President to cast a tie-breaking vote, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on a health care bill even though nobody seems to know what bill they’ll ultimately be voting on.

The Senate isn’t giving up in its efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that it seems clear that the votes aren’t there.

What looks like it will be the Senate GOP’s last effort on the issue of health care reform died less than a day after being put on the table.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.