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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How Best to Leverage Trump’s Halt to WHO Funding Over COVID-19 Missteps
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while his administration conducts a review of the U.N. entity’s mismanagement of the response to COVID-19. The president is correct in noting that, had China been more transparent and cooperative, many lives could have been saved and economic damage avoided,…Brett Schaefer -
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The Health and Economic Crisis Created by COVID-19
Join me as I talk with economist Steve Moore and Jay Richards about the health and economic crisis created by the coronavirus, and how to respond without all of our freedoms and civil liberties being trampled. We explore the many policy proposals driven by partisan politics, China’s role, the World Health Organization, and the left’s…Bill Walton -
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Canada’s Government-Run Health Care Buckles Under COVID-19
In an editorial last week, the Los Angeles Times declared it conventional wisdom that COVID-19 proves Bernie Sanders was right about “Medicare for All,” because with universal health coverage, the government wouldn’t have to send emergency aid to “hospitals and state health programs.” This assertion is completely false, however, and we know because billions in…Peter St. Onge -
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How Christian Educators Adapt and Persevere During COVID-19 Crisis
As the coronavirus sweeps across the country, unprecedented statewide school closures have transformed education in America. The massive and abrupt shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing private Christian schools to reexamine how they will maintain educational standards and community during this crisis. Christian schools have responded with tenacity, flexibility, and a…Jamison Coppola -
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What Is Having Coronavirus Like? Here’s One Man’s Experience.
Kevin Weinrich got COVID-19 several weeks ago, likely after he had been traveling in London. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about his experience with testing and the disease caused by the new coronavirus. We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump isn’t hiding his frustration with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Cuomo…Rachel del Guidice -
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Michiganders Protest Gov. Whitmer’s Draconian COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders
Michiganders are expressing their frustration with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s sweeping coronavirus stay-at-home orders, with protests and more than 200,000 people signing a petition for her to be removed from office. The protests and petitions follow the first-term governor’s decrees sharply curtailing personal travel and associations and further restricting commercial and retail activities. “Take action in…Rachel del Guidice -
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In Sweden, There’s No COVID-19 Lockdown. Here Are 4 Things to Know.
After logging over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths, Sweden has faced a rash of criticism for having perhaps the least restrictive rules in the world regarding social distancing, as restaurants and bars and some schools remain open while staying at home is urged but not mandated. But don’t let that fool you because Sweden is still a…Fred Lucas -
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7 Senators Seek Answers From World Health Organization About Coronavirus ‘Cover-Up’ With China
Seven Republican senators are demanding answers from the World Health Organization surrounding its “role in helping the Chinese Communist Party cover up information regarding the threat of the Coronavirus.” “Ahead of an anticipated congressional hearing, we write today to request information regarding the WHO’s failed and delayed response to the Coronavirus,” the senators wrote in…Andrew Kerr -
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Can America Continue to Defend Europe From Russia Amid COVID-19?
KYIV, Ukraine—Disease has affected all of America’s wars. In the American Civil War, arguably the first war of the modern era, twice as many soldiers died from infectious disease as from enemy action. In the 1898 Spanish-American War, at least seven U.S. soldiers died from disease for every one who died in combat. In World…Nolan Peterson -
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Trump, Fauci Express Frustration With How Media Covers COVID-19 Response
President Donald Trump lashed out again Monday evening at the “fake news,” played a short video about media coverage of the coronavirus crisis, and affirmed his support for government immunologist Anthony Fauci’s key role in fighting the pandemic. The president’s focus on the media at the beginning of the White House coronavirus task force’s daily…Fred Lucas -
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Even Defense Contractors Aren’t Immune to Impact of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the entire global economy, and the defense industry is no exception. But defense contractors and the Pentagon are working hard to minimize the disruption to research, development, and procurement. While many businesses around the country are closed due to states’ stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of COVID-19, the defense…Maiya Clark -
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Don’t Let COVID-19 Undermine Ireland’s Hard-Won Economic Freedom
Ireland retained its position as one of only six truly economically free countries in the world in The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Index of Economic Freedom. The index was released on March 17—coincidentally, St. Patrick’s Day. Ireland, which had established itself in the early 2000s as one of the most open and dynamic countries in Europe,…Patrick Tyrrell -
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‘China Not Truthful’: Ex-FDA Chief Explains How Beijing Misled World on Coronavirus
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, criticized the World Health Organization and the Chinese government, saying that both stymied the global response to the novel coronavirus, likely allowing the disease COVID-19 to spread more dramatically across the globe. “China was not truthful with the world at the outset of…Chuck Ross -
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Democrats Across Country Fight for Coronavirus Aid to Illegal Aliens
Democratic lawmakers in Congress are calling on the federal government to make illegal aliens eligible for federal relief amid the coronavirus pandemic, while local and state Democratic leaders already have made their coffers available for those living unlawfully in the country. President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act on March 27, making $2.2 trillion in stimulus funds…Jason Hopkins -
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Believers Have Right to Congregate at Easter Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Imagine this: It’s the holiest day of the year for Christians. A crisis rolls through the nation. And as a person of faith, you want nothing more than to responsibly gather with your fellow believers to pray for your nation and to celebrate this holiest of days. Because as Jesus said in the book of…Zack Smith -
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The Dark Reality of China’s COVID-19 Cover-Up
China discovered the new coronavirus in December, but chose to hide it from the world. Now nearly every nation on earth is paying the price for China’s actions. Olivia Enos, a senior policy analyst in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss her recent report, “How the Chinese Government…Virginia Allen -
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Could COVID-19 Have Come From Chinese Lab? 4 Things to Know
Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the notion that the new coronavirus spread from a research lab in Wuhan, China has gained more mainstream backing in academia, the media, and at least one government. “There is a credible alternative view … based on the nature of the virus,” a senior British government official told The…Fred Lucas -
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3 Nonprofits Battle Coronavirus With Medical Care, Crisis Supplies, and Hope
Charitable groups have stepped in to serve the hungry, poor, and dying for centuries, and today is no different. As of Thursday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is 427,460, with 14,696 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The unemployment rate likely is around 9.7%—approaching three times the record-low 3.5%…Virginia Allen -
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Government Cannot Weather Coronavirus Storm Without a Civil Society
In crises like the coronavirus pandemic, it’s only natural that people look to government. The American framework of federalism has been critical, with local, state, and federal governments all taking on different roles in the response. But government alone cannot get the job done. As critical as the work of government has been, its efforts…Kay C. James -
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4 Courses the Coronavirus Could Take
Since first emerging in China late last year, the novel coronavirus quickly has become a global crisis. The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, have spread rapidly across the world, infecting more than a million people and taking the lives of tens of thousands. Along the way, the virus has slowed a majority…Brayden Helwig