Healthcare & Policy News

If anything good can come from the coronavirus pandemic, it is the revelation of America’s overreliance on China, especially when it comes to drugs. Interviewed by NBC News, retired Brig. Gen. John Adams said, “Basically, we’ve outsourced our entire industry to China. That is a strategic vulnerability.” Adams spent his 30-year military career as an…

Besides being a congressman, Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., is an emergency room physician and Army special operations veteran. He joins me today on The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss his perspective on the coronavirus pandemic, what the Senate’s relief package gets right and wrong, and why the U.S. shouldn’t be dependent on China for pharmaceuticals…

Congress’ response to the economic consequences of the coronavirus should be targeted, temporary, and directed at public health efforts while limiting politically motivated bailouts and abuse. Unfortunately, the Senate’s version of the CARES Act, which continues to be held up amid political fights, misses this mark by including special benefits to specific industries that will…

During the daily White House briefing yesterday on the government’s responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump announced that he had signed an executive order that directed the federal government to fund 100% of the costs incurred by New York, California, and Washington state in connection with their use of their National Guard…

Major events bring with them new words, phrases, and social responses. Some events—such as major terrorist attacks or global pandemics—call upon us to change how we deal with matters such as security or close personal interactions. They challenge what we have known as normal and ask us to consider what new measures might be needed…

Abortion remains an issue of significance across the country even as the coronavirus spreads. As the crisis unfolds, policymakers must ensure that life-affirming policies that protect innocent, unborn life remain an integral part of our nation’s response, both legislatively and administratively. An initial draft of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which President Donald Trump…

Social distancing policies at the state and federal level have forced businesses to close temporarily, which has led millions of Americans to worry about their financial situation.  Policymakers must offer focused, temporary solutions that specifically help people who are unable to work or whose businesses have been adversely affected by the closures.  In true Washington…

The Senate is considering a coronavirus fiscal stimulus package aimed at minimizing the adverse economic impact resulting from the pandemic. Yet this proposal is neither targeted nor temporary—two important hallmarks of any proposed fiscal stimulus Congress introduces—nor is it adequately linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Compounding the problems of the legislation, called the Coronavirus Aid,…

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has completely upended daily life for all Americans and shows no sign of letting up. Harsh orders from numerous state governors require Americans to stay home except for essential activities in an effort to halt, or at least slow, new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new…

The spread of the Chinese coronavirus will strain America’s health care system to the breaking point. Primary care physicians already are overbooked, medical products are in short supply, and those who become symptomatic are afraid to visit clinics for fear of putting other, more vulnerable patients at risk. Fortunately, many of our conversations on Capitol…

America’s medical professionals are doing all they can to ensure the best care for COVID-19 patients. But to slow the spread of the coronavirus and give hospitals the time they need to prepare for a potential influx of patients, nurse McKinley Mather-Pike says, there are several things we can all be doing.  Mather-Pike, who lives…

America has faced great challenges in the past, and we have always gotten through them stronger than we were before. From the Civil War to the Great Depression to World War II, we have been through some horrific stuff. In the Civil War alone, we lost 750,000 people, or 2% of our population at the…

For quite some time, China has been trying to undercut the foundation of American global power. Unlike Moscow’s often coarse, brutish efforts, Beijing has been stealthier than an F-35, using public diplomacy initiatives to subtly buy its way into schools, civil society, and the private sector. Now, however, the mask–and the gloves–are coming off. In the last few…