Naomi Lopez
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‘Right to Try 2.0’ Would Bring Innovative Medicine to Desperate Americans
Five-year-old Olivia Riley of Arizona suffers from an extremely rare and fatal genetic brain disorder called metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). She..
Constitutional Rights
Beware of the Government’s Healthcare ‘Truth’ peddlers
The Biden administration’s efforts to regulate, either explicitly or through indirect government coercion, what it deems to be “misinformation” in..
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Right to Try Turns Five. It’s Saving Lives Today.
A young Navy pilot’s life was hanging in the balance. But then, his future changed for the better, all because..
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Policymakers Must Do Away With Our Outdated Healthcare Regulatory System
Keira Riley turned 3 years old in January. She loves mac and cheese, would buy a Barbie Lego if she..
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A Federal Safety Net Program Is Failing The Vulnerable Patients It Was Intended To Help
Imagine the federal government created a program intended to help poor and uninsured patients in underserved communities better afford the..
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How Tennessee’s Outdated Certificate-of-Need (CON) Laws Limit Healthcare Access and Threaten the State’s Future
Healthcare can be expensive and complex. But Tennessee’s rules and restrictions are making it worse, often for those who can..
Healthcare
FDA Spurns Innovation—and Turns Its Back on Desperate Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic showed Americans how accelerating innovation in medicine can save countless lives. But now, it appears the federal..
Healthcare
A Tale of Two Patients: Shoving Patients Off the Telehealth Cliff Is Bad Medicine
Lucas, a 35-year-old husband and father of three young girls in Logan, Utah, is facing a difficult decision: whether or..
Healthcare
ALS Drug at Last, but Dying Patients Deserve Better Than FDA’s Stalling
Eight years ago, countless people around the world joined in the Ice Bucket Challenge, dousing themselves with ice-cold water on..
Healthcare
What Right to Try Can Teach Us About Cancer Moonshots
Last week, President Joe Biden commemorated the 60th anniversary of former President John F. Kennedy’s historic moonshot speech in which he..
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