WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) issued the following statement after introducing the Removing Insurance Gaps for Health Treatment (RIGHT) Act of 2025. “Idahoans deserve affordable and flexible healthcare plans that meet their needs,” said Congressman Fulcher. “Current short-term limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plans only allow for coverage up to a total of four months. Four […]
“The Great Reckoning” is a phrase that conjures a decisive moment—a juncture when accountability can no longer be deferred, and the record of promise and performance stands exposed. In literature and in life, this reckoning often signifies the moment when justice, clarity, and consequence converge, forcing institutions and individuals alike to confront the uncomfortable truth. […]
We are blessed in Idaho to have truly remarkable doctors, nurses, and technicians—the people who touch the hearts and souls of those entrusted to their care every day. They continue the long slog forward despite, all too often, being disrespected by those who sign their paychecks and by legislators who permit the continuing arbitrage in […]
This article was republished with permission from the Idaho Freedom Foundation Well, isn’t that generous? The Group Insurance Advisory Committee (GIAC), under the Office of Group Insurance (OGI) within the Department of Administration — ever the example of fiscal responsibility — unilaterally decided to extend the GLP-1 weight-loss drugs to the employee health benefits plan […]
The country club class and The Chamber of Commerce Class may own our country, but they don’t run our country. For almost 50 years they did. After World War II, an entire system of recapitalization of our economy grew from the model of what President Eisenhower called the MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. Instead of demand signaling […]
Over the past several years I have written about the evolving changes in medicine that have occurred with the replacement of traditional medical ethics—think the Hippocratic Oath for example that is almost never used anymore at Medical School graduations, with a secular humanistic ethic that early in the nineteen sixties evolved into medical consumerism and […]
People who have followed my articles regarding Medicaid and Medicaid expansion will recall that five years ago, and early in the game, I sited the “Oregon Medicaid Experiment” as proof that the claims of The Affordable Care ACT (Obama Care), specifically as they were applied to Medicaid and Medicaid expansion, were untrue. In a series […]
We have two types of medical care in our country. The first is that given by the godless corporate hospitals and the second is that given by the independent physicians who don’t have to depend on corporate rules and regulations that seem to have crept into our medical system. We have shifted from a physician […]
According to The American Medical Association (AMA) Master File and The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the supply of physicians who are actively participating in patient care is 9.3% higher in 2020 than it was in 2009. This trend has continued through 2024—the numbers for that year are not yet available. There are currently 1.1million […]
A Conversation with Dr. John Livingston & Tea Party Bob Listen here: idahoradio.com How Healthcare Lost Its Soul Recent data from Pew Research shows a disturbing trend: public confidence in medical scientists has plummeted from 40% in 2020 to just 29% in 2022. A 2021 survey by the American Board of Internal Medicine found that one […]
I correspond regularly with about 30 doctors and nurses, most of them still in practice. Most live in Boise, but a few of them I spent time with on active duty in the Navy. The perspective that they have given me as they have looked into their own practices, their own concerns about the direction […]
I am convalescing at home this evening after having undergone my second and hopefully my last total hip surgery. I related in an article 2 months ago how grateful I was to the entire OR crew at St. Luke’s in an article in The Gem State Patriot. My surgeon and friend Dr. Ron Kristenson led […]