We all need a break from Washington’s summer heat and even hotter politics, so you might want to take a journey into another era 33 centuries ago to visit the incredible new King Tut exhibit in the nation’s capital. “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” has opened not in a museum on the Mall but in an exhibition space with room to display more than 1,000 full-scale recreations of the … [Read more...] about A Diversion
In Memory
#239 I wrote last week about the Biden administration’s decision to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous Class III controlled substance, alongside steroids and Tylenol with codeine. We learned this week that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was a notable holdout in President Biden's politically driven push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions. More about … [Read more...] about In Memory
High on Politics
# 238 President Biden on Thursday announced plans to move marijuana from the highest controlled substance classification to a lower category. For an administration whose mantra has been “follow the science,” this is perplexing since the decision appears to be based almost entirely on politics. In a recent interview in The Wall Street Journal, one of the nation’s top … [Read more...] about High on Politics
Breaking the Bank
# 237 The Biden administration has opened yet another spigot to spend taxpayer dollars we don’t have on health insurance for yet another group. We know the strategy: Get a program in place and keep expanding it so more and more people are reliant on government for their health care. The latest step is to give Obamacare coverage to more than 100,000 people in … [Read more...] about Breaking the Bank
Walmart Walks
# 236 Walmart announced on Tuesday “the difficult decision” to close its 51 Walmart Health Centers and telehealth program after determining “there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue.” It blamed low payments and the high costs of operating the clinics. The announcement was a surprise, coming after the company said a year ago that it planned … [Read more...] about Walmart Walks
We Interrupt This Program….
…for a short note about Galen. I want to share with you our 2023 Impact Report, “Expanding Health Freedom.” We sent it via snail mail to many of our supporters and others, but we communicate primarily through email with many more of you so here it is, with highlights of our activities last year. From the beginning, our mission has been “to create and advance proposals that support … [Read more...] about We Interrupt This Program….
The Punishment Will Continue…
…until morale improves. The “Affordable” (Affordable! Affordable! Affordable! 00:35:12) Care Act is causing yet another distortion in our health sector that’s making care even more unaffordable for patients. We wrote earlier about the massive consolidation in the health sector that was accelerated by the ACA. Now we have another example of how these … [Read more...] about The Punishment Will Continue…
We the People vs the Elites
Of all the craziness that came out of the Davos meeting earlier this year, one quote particularly struck me. One speaker said (paraphrasing because it has vanished from search engines), “We elites are more united than ever, making it all the more baffling why the masses are not following along with our solutions to tackle these big global challenges.” Disgusting, I know. Maybe it’s because … [Read more...] about We the People vs the Elites