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May 25, 2018 If you have chronic, agonizing pain, your troubles are about to get worse. New state and federal regulations will make it nearly impossible to get the prescription painkillers you need. Grandstanding politicians are imposing one-size-fits-all limits on how much medication patients can receive and for how long. Pols claim they’re combating the

May 17, 2018​ America has a health-insurance problem because politicians would rather lie about it than solve it. ObamaCare regulations caused premiums for people buying their own insurance to more than double between 2013 and 2017, then soar even higher in 2018. With huge hikes predicted again in 2019, ObamaCare will have caused premiums to

May 2, 2018 Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to sue the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to stop its ongoing raids to detain illegal immigrants wanted for serious crimes like assault and rape. A staggering 80 percent of those apprehended in recent ICE raids in New York were either convicted criminals or charged with

April 25, 2018 Who decides whether your sick child lives or dies? You or the hospital? On Monday, the parents of 22-month-old Alfie Evans, who has extensive brain damage, were told their son’s life would be terminated by hospital staff. That night, the hospital turned off his ventilator. The hospital decreed “once all external signs

April 18, 2018 Here we go again. State politicians want to take more of your money. This time, their scheme is to tax everything you buy on the internet. On Tuesday, the money-grabbing states made their case to the US Supreme Court. If the justices go along with it, you’ll be paying more when you

April 12, 2018 Danger lurks for hospital patients in a place they probably don’t expect it — their bed. Hospitals claim to disinfect beds in between patients. Don’t believe it. Data from four New York hospitals prove beds are full of germs. Patients are nearly six times as likely to come down with Staph, Strep

April 4, 2018 Since President Trump ousted Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new pick, Admiral Ronny Jackson, is capable of heading a department with 360,000 employees and 9 million vets under its care. Senate Democrats carp he lacks experience running “a complex organization.” Experience is overrated. President

March 28, 2018 Patients, beware. When you’re admitted to a hospital, you’re routinely asked if you want to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order. Don’t assume it’ll apply only in extreme circumstances. New research shows having those three letters — DNR — on your chart could put you on course to getting less medical and

Guess who’s on the hook in one of the largest lawsuits ever? You. More than 100 health-insurance companies are suing you and the rest of America’s taxpayers. Insurers want you to bail them out for money they lost trying to sell ObamaCare plans — a whopping $15 billion. A ruling from the Court of Appeals