Banning ‘Anti-Competitive’ Hospital Contracts May Lower Healthcare Costs Across US, New Report Says

Banning “anti-competitive” hospital contracting practices could help bring down healthcare costs across the U.S., according to a White House Council of Economic Advisers report released Thursday. The CEA’s latest report estimates that prohibiting hospitals‘ anti-competitive contracts would lower hospital and affiliated-physician prices by 18%, with a plausible range of 11% to 26%, averaging $4,100 per…

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Doctor Pushing Puberty Blockers On Teen Boy Was Charged With Possessing Child Porn

A detransitioner revealed that as a teenager he was encouraged to keep using puberty blockers by a pediatric urologist who was later arrested for possessing child pornography. In a declaration submitted in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) on Wednesday, Jonni Skinner recounts the time Dr….

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