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Opinion: The looming doctor shortage and central planning in health care
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Opinion: The looming doctor shortage and central planning in health care

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Aug 31, 2026

Regardless of what the current crop of progressives say, capitalism and the free market have given Americans the greatest number of innovation…

Opinion: States are getting serious about Medicaid fraud
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Opinion: States are getting serious about Medicaid fraud

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jun 22, 2026

Medicaid is not a small entitlement program. Total spending on Medicaid for 2023, the last complete year of data, was $894 billion, with the f…

Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes
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Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jun 4, 2026

Remember when Obamacare passed in 2010, the American public was told that the law would hold down the ever-increasing cost of health care, you…

Opinion: Is consolidation in health care delivery best for patients?
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Opinion: Is consolidation in health care delivery best for patients?

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Apr 3, 2026

There is a current trend for consolidation in our health care delivery system. Medical care in the United States has evolved unlike any other …

Opinion: The right prescription to bring down pharmaceutical costs
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Opinion: The right prescription to bring down pharmaceutical costs

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Jan 2, 2026

You don’t need to tell Americans that health care costs are out of control. This includes the prices for prescription drugs. Thankfully, there…

Opinion: A prescription for fraud? GAO finds serious abuses in Obamacare exchanges
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Opinion: A prescription for fraud? GAO finds serious abuses in Obamacare exchanges

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Dec 26, 2025

Remember when Americans were told that the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) would lower health care costs and that if you liked y…

Opinion: Direct primary care provides medical treatment the old-fashioned way
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Opinion: Direct primary care provides medical treatment the old-fashioned way

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Sep 13, 2026

Because of the way health care has evolved in the United States over the past 80 years, it is extremely complex and now involves employers, th…

Opinion: Let’s get real about the Medicaid reform in the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
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Opinion: Let’s get real about the Medicaid reform in the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Aug 16, 2026

President Trump recently signed H.R.1, aka the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," into law. The basis of the bill is an extension of the 2017 tax r…

Opinion: Now is the opportunity for Congress to reform Medicaid
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Opinion: Now is the opportunity for Congress to reform Medicaid

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 5, 2026

Congress is currently debating Medicaid reform as part of the 2025 budget package. The stated Republican goal is a continuation of Trump’s 201…

Opinion: Adding a work requirement for physically able adults receiving Medicaid in Idaho
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Opinion: Adding a work requirement for physically able adults receiving Medicaid in Idaho

  • DR. ROGER STARK Guest Columnist
  • Updated Mar 22, 2026

Enrollees in the Medicaid health insurance program have never had a work requirement to receive the entitlement. Idaho House Bill 138 would ad…

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