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Challenging Government Prerogatives: SCOTUS Reconsiders Deference to Executive Agencies
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi engages in a conversation with legal scholar Ilya Shapiro from the Manhattan Institute regarding the Loper Bright Enterprises Supreme Court case that questions the Chevron Doctrine. This doctrine instructs judges to defer to government agencies in situations where laws are silent or unclear.
Telehealth Progress Slowed in 2023
/in Featured, Health Care, Health Care Policy (Federal), Health Care Policy (MA), Healthcare, News, Pioneer Research, Press Releases: Health Care, Press Releases: Healthcare Reform /by Editorial StaffA new report by Cicero Institute, Pioneer Institute, and Reason Foundation reveals worrying stagnation in state-level telehealth expansion efforts in 2023, with only a few exceptions. Progress made during the pandemic is being lost even as provider shortages worsen, raising concerns about patients’ access to care.
‘High’ U.S. Drug Prices Mask Freeloading by Other Nations
/in Blog, Blog: Healthcare, Featured, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Life Sciences /by William SmithThe drug company’s choice is to walk away from millions in revenue from a given country and deny their people a lifesaving drug, or swallow hard and accept an unfair price that is nowhere near the drug’s value. For the sake of shareholders and patients, drug companies typically accept the unfair price and devote the revenue to offsetting their previous investments. In short, other nations are freeloading off of American R&D.
Harvard’s Sullied Halo: Journalists Teach Lesson on Plagiarism
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with investigative reporter Chris Brunet about his role investigating and exposing former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s academic plagiarism, a story that lead to her eventual resignation.
NYT Bestseller Jonathan Eig on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
/in Education, Featured, Learning Curve, News, Podcast /by Editorial StaffJonathan Eig delves into MLK’s early spiritual leadership, the influence of Langston Hughes on his speeches, his relationship with his wife, Coretta Scott King, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s challenges. He discusses historic events in Birmingham, Alabama, the March on Washington, MLK’s struggles in Chicago, the Poor People’s Campaign, and the events leading to his assassination in 1968. Eig underscores the multifaceted aspects of MLK’s life and provides insights on drawing lessons for contemporary challenges in race relations and leadership.