healthcare
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COVID-19 vaccine, cancer treatments all show dire need for free market in drug manufacturing
If and when a safe and effective vaccine is found, it will be private drug manufacturing companies that produce the billions of doses necessary to defeat the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Silicon Slopes collaboration could be the future of Utah medical care
Silicon Slopes, in collaboration with medical care providers, the state Department of Health and the state COVID-19 Task Force, recently launched TestUtah.com to assess Utahns online to determine if they need to be tested for COVID-19.
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How might coronavirus improve the future of healthcare?
If the pandemic leads states and the federal government to embrace more market-driven health care policies — removing barriers to telemedicine, encouraging drive-up testing and home delivery of prescription drugs where such delivery is reasonable — then innovations can be…
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How the federal coronavirus relief bill is likely to impact families
On Friday, Congress passed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, also described as an economic stimulus package, that will impact various aspects of family life – immediately and over the long term. President Trump has said he intends to quickly…
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New prescription drug law will increase transparency, help consumers
By promoting a free market for prescription drugs through market transparency and restrained anti-competitive practices, this law will offer financial relief to patients by encouraging more affordable prescription drugs. That is something Utah families sorely need.
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COVID-19 response means concern for today, but hope for tomorrow
Despite the understandable anxiety and worry caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the public response from Utahns and Americans should give us cause to hope for the future.
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Is free market medical care the only option?
The failure of significant healthcare policy reforms at both national and state levels suggests that these market-based policy reforms also require more time to become politically possible.
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Entrepreneurs in the marketplace help healthcare reform in Utah
Utah’s entrepreneurial spirit – the free market drive to innovate to fulfill people’s unmet needs – is particularly strong and visible in Utah’s healthcare sector.
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Education and healthcare issues to look for in the 2020 legislative session
There are two policy areas in which reforms could most directly impact families and businesses in the 2020 legislative session: education and healthcare. And these issues tend to be heavily legislated areas of state public policy. Case in point: As…
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Pressure grows for healthcare to get on the price transparency train
If enacted, these rules would mean that for the first time, families across America will be able to conveniently compare prices for healthcare services from different providers. In addition to considering which provider they are most comfortable with, patients will…