FDA Hears the Need for Deregulation
This past August, the FDA approved the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. Previously, a prescription for a hearing aid...
Is Amazon Getting into the Pharmacy Business? Let’s Hope So
Competition and supply are good things, and as we’ve said before, health care needs more of both. Innovations along those...
Employers Need Help-and They’ll Pay Too
There’s been a lot said about this new minimum wage proposal in Saint Louis. However, there is an interesting topic that gets...
Give Tax Cuts A Chance
Perched atop his ivory tower, Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winning economist, has declared that the tax cuts enacted by...
I’m Just Disappointed That the AP Didn’t Play Up the “Dickensian Aspect” a Bit More
Watch out. According to the latest report from the Associated Press (AP), despite recent attempts by states to limit the...
Well, That’s One Way to Increase Health Care Costs
On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon announced his first priority for the coming legislative session: Requiring prescriptions for medicines that contain...
A Free-Market Journey
While running errands last week, I was witness to an interesting phenomenon twice over. First, I passed a Walgreens that...
A Minor Point About Minimum Wage
The first job I ever got paid for was probably mowing lawns in the ’90s when I was a teen....
An Interesting Variation on “Buy Local”
Locavores buy food that was grown within a predetermined distance from where they live. Protectionists buy products that were manufactured...
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