Healthcare & Policy News
Reporting on health care policy, insurance coverage, and federal health programs. Includes news updates and conservative commentary from The Daily Signal.
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‘BETRAYAL’: Military Members Discharged for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Religious Objections Speak Out
Ahead of the Senate vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, military members who were discharged for refusing to get vaccinated are speaking out about their struggles since asking the military to honor their religious objections to the mandate. Lawmakers will vote Thursday on the 2023 NDAA, in which Republicans were able to include a…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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SCOOP: VA Claims It Offers Religious Exemptions for Abortion Mandate; Nurse Was Told ‘No Process Exists’
A Texas nurse is suing the Biden administration after the Department of Veterans Affairs published a rule mandating that VA medical facilities provide abortions and abortion-related services, without an exemption for medical staff who oppose abortion on conscience or religious grounds. Stephanie Carter, a Christian who is a nurse practitioner at the Olin E. Teague…Tyler O’Neil -
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2 House Committees Target Fauci, Other Officials in Probe of COVID-19 Origin
Two incoming House Republican committee chairmen already have begun an investigation into the origins of COVID-19, asking dozens of federal public health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, to provide information that includes the role of U.S. tax dollars in paying for related research in China. Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced Wednesday…Fred Lucas -
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Doctors Sue FDA, Saying Agency Illegally Approved Chemical Abortion Drugs
A group of medical doctors and organizations argues that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration illegally approved chemical abortion drugs, and has filed a lawsuit to remove such pills form the market. “We believe that women should be empowered with accurate information, and what we’ve seen in this chemical abortion push is deception from square…Virginia Allen -
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Lila Rose Shares Why Abortion Supporters Want a Culture of Consequence-Free Sex
Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose started her undercover work as a teenager, posing as an underage victim of sexual abuse seeking an abortion — but with a camcorder hidden in her blouse to document her conversations with Planned Parenthood workers. Her undercover videos captured the attention of the nation, if not the world, prompting…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Repression Is What Happens When You Give All Power to the Scientific-Technocratic Elite
China’s “zero-COVID” folly is reaching a boiling point. Many in Western media once praised China’s response to the pandemic, which began in the city of Wuhan. That’s looking absurd now as the nation plunges into dysfunction and chaos. Not only has COVID-19 infection escalated dramatically in China, but the Communist government’s entire model of dealing…Jarrett Stepman -
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At DC Candlelight Vigil, Chinese Emigres Express Fears for Relatives Under COVID-19 Lockdowns Back Home
A candlelight vigil was held Monday night at George Washington University’s Kogan Plaza in Washington, D.C., to honor the victims of the China’s coercive “zero-COVID” policy. An apartment building fire on Nov. 24 killed at least 10 people and injured at least nine others, ultimately triggering days of both national and global protests against the…Samantha Aschieris -
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There Is Little Evidence Abortion Hurt Republicans
By any measure, Democrats exceeded expectations this midterm. Though listening to the triumphalism today, you’d think Joe Biden was Hannibal at Cannae. A fractured Republican Party has won the House, which means the agenda portion of Biden’s first term is effectively over (save the executive abuse). As expected, though, the lazy Dobbs-sunk-the-GOP narrative quickly solidified…David Harsanyi -
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Doctors, Medical Groups Sue FDA in Bid to Halt Sales of Abortion Pills
A group of medical doctors and organizations has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its approval of chemical abortion drugs. The Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom filed suit in federal court Friday on behalf of four physicians and four groups, including the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. …Virginia Allen -
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6 Takeaways From House Freedom Caucus’ COVID-19 ‘Accountability’ Hearing
The House Freedom Caucus hosted a COVID-19 accountability hearing Thursday at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.) The hearing, which lasted roughly two and half hours, addressed topics such as lockdowns during the pandemic, vaccine efficacy, and the impact of Big Tech censorship. Here are six takeaways. 1. America is…Samantha Aschieris -
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Uncovering COVID-19’s Origin Just One of Many Pandemic Questions for Congress to Answer
The origin of COVID-19—whether natural or the product of a lab—is a crucial yet unresolved issue. Minority staff of a key Senate committee, however, just took a big step forward in solving the mystery. In an “Interim Report” dated October 2022, the Republican staff concludes: While precedent of previous outbreaks of human infections from contact…Robert Moffit -
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1 State Seeks to Prevent Its Own Roe Among Midterm Choices on Abortion
Having returned the issue of abortion “to the people and their elected representatives” in June with a watershed opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court paved the way for a flurry of state-level activity regulating abortion. Since the high court issued its Dobbs opinion, 13 states have fully outlawed abortion, and…Sarah Parshall Perry -
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Vacuuming, Moaning: NPR Plays Abortion on Air
On Thursday morning, NPR played an abortion on air. NPR’s Michigan “Morning Edition” on Thursday featured Kate Wells explaining that a Michigan woman aborted her 11-week-old baby at Northland Family Planning in metro Detroit. “Like many patients at Northland, she said I could record her procedure,” Wells, a reporter, says of the mother in the…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Polls Reveal the Central Flaw in Democrats’ Abortion Midterm Strategy
President Joe Biden and his party fear a defeat at the polls next week amid historic inflation, high gas prices, and rising crime in Democrat-controlled cities. Facing the prospect of a Republican wave election, Democrats have turned their focus to abortion, banking on the overturning of Roe v. Wade to motivate voters. While polling appears…Tyler O’Neil -
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Anne Hathaway Calls Abortion ‘Another Word for Mercy’
Actress Anne Hathaway called abortion “mercy” on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday. Hathaway joined the show’s all-female panel and shared her perspective on abortion, saying, “My own personal experience with abortion, and I don’t think we talk about this enough—abortion can be another word for ‘mercy.’” Hathaway added: “We know that no two pregnancies are…Virginia Allen -
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Tim Ryan, Who Twice Voted for Unlimited Abortion, Now States He Is Against Late-Term Abortions
Tim Ryan now says he is against most late-term abortions, despite having voted for and repeatedly touted his support for legislation allowing unlimited abortions. “I don’t think we should have abortions later in the term unless there’s a medical emergency,” he told Fox News hosts Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier. “I think we go back…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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EXCLUSIVE: Claudia Tenney Demands Transparency on Planned Parenthood’s Massive COVID-19 Loans
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is calling on the Small Business Administration to explain why it forgave $67 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans to Planned Parenthood affiliates—loans that these abortion clinics should never have gotten in the first place. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, Tenney and her Republican colleagues told Inspector…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Abortion Clinic Moves Across a State Line. It Isn’t Getting a Warm Welcome.
A small city in Virginia is taking action to protect the unborn and restrict abortion there. The five members of the Bristol, Virginia, City Council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a resolution that would prevent new abortion clinics from entering the city and place restrictions on the current clinic. The pro-life resolution is…Virginia Allen -
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Why Are Feds Still Funding EcoHealth Alliance When Its COVID-19 Role Remains Unresolved?
The world is trying to recover from COVID-19, the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish flu, and a lot of questions remain concerning the origins of the virus and the role of U.S. taxpayer-funded research in China. Nonetheless, the National Institutes of Health recently awarded $650,000 to EcoHealth Alliance, the nongovernmental organization that’s at the…Robert Moffit -
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Cities Tap $222M in Federal COVID-19 Relief for ‘Guaranteed Income’ Programs
Democrats’ American Rescue Plan, sold as helping the nation recover from the economic crisis sparked by COVID-19, provided funds to begin “guaranteed basic income” programs in at least two dozen cities across the country. More than $222 million from the legislation has gone to some of America’s largest cities—including Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Seattle, New…Fred Lucas