Health Care
April 22, 2022 • Commentary
A Tennessee Hospital May Keep a Georgia Competitor From Opening, Thanks to This Law
Why would a health system in Tennessee have any legal standing to stop the building of a hospital in Georgia? The answer is Georgia’s Certificate of Need.
October 8, 2021 • Commentary
Federal Vaccination Mandate Paves Pathway to High Court
As COVID-19 infections continue, some officials and bureaucrats have proposed a federal vaccine mandate as the only means of stopping the spread of the virus.
September 17, 2021 • Commentary
Garble Mires Message on Healthcare Reform
In almost all recent polling, voters say healthcare is their number one concern. They also trust Democrats more than Republicans on the issue.
August 27, 2021 • Commentary
Keeping an Eye on Telehealth
With the current surge of COVID-19 cases resulting from the Delta variant, and the probability of a continued strain on our healthcare system during the fall an
August 13, 2021 • Commentary
Three Policies to Ease Georgia’s Healthcare Staffing Crisis
COVID-19 has infected more than 114 million people in the United States since the pandemic began 18 months ago and, according to news reports, that number is ex
August 2, 2021 • Commentary
Checking Up On Health
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries.
July 19, 2021 • Commentary
Checking Up On Health
Just when you thought it was almost over, COVID-19 rears its ugly head again.
July 16, 2021 • Commentary
Georgia’s Healthcare Competitiveness Hobbled by Certificate of Need
When assessing Georgia’s competitiveness with neighboring states, Florida and Tennessee are often positioned as the ideal because neither has a state income tax
June 28, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: June 28, 2021
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Earlier this month, on June 14, Dutch company Philips announced a U.S. recall of CPAP machines. Millions […]
June 14, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: June 14, 2021
Medical Monday: A (mostly) weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. At a conference last week in Idaho, we had some down time and took a shuttle […]
June 11, 2021 • Commentary
How Georgia is ‘Amazon-izing’ Healthcare and Fixing What’s Wrong with the Affordable Care Act
While Republicans nationally struggle to agree on solutions in healthcare and Democrats push for more government control, Georgia is taking a major step forward
June 10, 2021 • Blog
The Wavering Waver
For a group that says it wants to increase healthcare access for all, the Biden administration has spent much of its early months in office trying to stymie reforms in […]
May 25, 2021 • Commentary
CON Game
Georgia’s Certificate of Need laws drive up healthcare costs and limits choice.
May 25, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: May 24, 2021
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. A mantra you’ll hear from policy research groups is that healthcare reform in Georgia and many other […]
May 11, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: May 10, 2021
Nonprofit vs. for-profit hospitals. Which would you prefer? Do you even know the difference? Let’s test your knowledge. A hospital system’s reports gross earnings of more than $3.3 billion. Its […]
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