Fraud within the Medicaid program will continue if states blindly pay claims without verifying the services provided. Furthermore, the federal government needs to force states to bear the entire cost of fraud, since states run their own programs. Better yet, provide a block grant where states control the money and do not get additional funds for waste, fraud, and abuse.
Category: Devon Herrick
Have We Changed Our Clocks for the Last Time?
While everyone agrees that changing our clocks should stop, nobody can agree on whether to make standard time permanent of daylight savings time permanent. A bill in Congress filed in February, the Daylight Act of 2026, would split the difference. It would move standard time forward 30 minutes and make it permanent. That does not sound particularly appealing either.
The FDA is Increasingly Skeptical of Therapies for Rare Diseases
The FDA under Trump has consistently maintained its stated goal of removing bureaucratic obstacles to drug approval. FDA commissioner, Marty Makary, announced steps to speed the approval of new drugs, including allowing one well-designed clinical trial rather than two or more trials to show efficacy. Yet, drug companies continue to claim inconsistent guidelines, endpoints changed and a skeptical agency when it comes to rare disease therapies. Recently drugmakers have complained the FDA moved the goalposts, after agreeing to them.
Donor Organs are Scarce Only Because there is No Free Market for Organ Donations
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, there were more than 48,000 transplants in 2024 compared to around 108,000 on transplant waiting lists. The demand for organs far exceeds the supply. The reason organs are scarce is because living people and their family members have little reason to donate knowing there is little in it for them. It seems the only party involved in the organ transplant industry who does not profit from the process is the donor.