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September 23, 2019 – It’s politically incorrect to discuss weight. Anyone who comments is accused of fat-shaming. But here’s the truth: America’s expanding waistlines are causing health spending to spiral out of control. Obesity-related illnesses consume nearly a third of the nation’s health-care dollars. Obesity is the culprit making health insurance unaffordable. The politicians won’t

When it comes to health care, Democrats are selling snake oil. Americans are grappling with rising medical costs. But if they fall for the phony solutions the left is offering, they’ll pay with exorbitant taxes and shorter lives. Whopper 1: ObamaCare is affordable. Joe Biden’s running a television ad in Iowa pledging to stand by

September 10, 2019 – Year after year, Congress should send their hard-earned money on foreign aid. It’s money down a rathole. Congress should take a page from Pope Francis instead. On Friday, the pope blamed foreign aid for corruption and destitution in Mozambique, a sub-Saharan country where he was preaching to thousands in an outdoor

September 5, 2019 – When you pick up your prescription at the pharmacy, it isn’t labelled “made in China,” but odds are that’s where many of your medications come from. President Trump is calling on US industries to manufacture here at home, instead of outsourcing to China. Drug companies — which now rely on China

August 27, 2019 – President Trump got slammed by all sides for suddenly escalating his economic war with China on Friday. But for Americans who have lost a family member or friend to the Chinese-made street drug fentanyl, Trump’s harsh pivot is the right move. He hiked tariffs on Chinese goods, labeled President Xi an

August 14, 2019 – When it comes to protecting yourself from cancer, don’t take the government’s word. Listen to the experts. The biggest cancer killer isn’t smoking, or a chemical in the environment, or even an inherited gene. It’s the failure to screen patients at high risk for the disease. Curing cancer is about detecting

August 9, 2019 – Baby boomers beware. If you are in your 50s or 60s, and you are counting on Medicare to pay your future hospital bills, you might be in for a shock. Medicare Part A — the fund that pays hospitals and nursing homes — is running out of money. A mere seven

August 1, 2019 – If I’m elected president,” Joe Biden says, “we’re going to cure cancer.” Mr. Biden has a personal interest in the disease, which killed his son Beau in 2015. But the Obama-Biden administration had a bad record on screening, the best way to save patients from cancer. When Barack Obama was president,

July 29, 2019 – Arming herself for this week’s Democratic primary debates, Sen. Kamala Harris unveiled her latest health care position paper on Monday. The California lawmaker has flip-flopped over whether she supports eliminating all private insurance in favor of a single-payer, government-run health system. Her new plan tries to have it both ways. Don’t

July 26, 2019 – A 1-day-old baby boy was found swaddled in a T-shirt on the front steps of an apartment complex in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday. When shocked residents heard the crying, they called 911, and police rescued the abandoned newborn. “This is really, really crazy,” said one resident. No, it’s not crazy. It’s