National Security? Or Galactic Ego? by: Jack Edward Urquhart Tomorrow, February 7, 2017 at 3 o’clock PST, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments on whether a district court’s order temporarily restraining two provisions of...
DETAINED AT THE AIRPORT by Jack Edward Urquhart Hameed Darweesh’s flight landed at New York’s JFK Airport Friday evening, January 27th. He was immediately detained by border control, and denied a right to see his lawyer, who was already in the airport asking to see...
ACA 2017–Texas Marketplaces and Working Americans Jack Urquhart© The ACA Marketplace was never intended as a program devoted exclusively to those in need of federal financial assistance. It’s detractors have always portrayed it this way–a lie. For working Americans...
Congress to Spend Billions on Medical Research By Jack Urquhart September 30, 2016 Republican leaders Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell say Congress’ top priority after returning from electioneering will be pouring billions into “medical research.” Nonsense. This...
Tremendous Cost to Jail the Mentally Ill June 9, 2016, WFAA in Dallas reported ugly facts about the monetary, public health and safety costs of jailing the mentally ill, rather than funding needed state mental health facilities. The WFAA report is...
Consumer Tool to Compare Hospital Performance and Cost By Jack Urquhart The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid have a useful tool for comparing and evaluating hospital cost and performance. The tool may be accessed by copying this link:...
Cost of Warehousing the Mentally Ill in Jails By: Jack Urquhart Humane concern for the mentally ill should be sufficient reason to address a major public healthcare crisis–inadequate funding for mental health care. Obviously, it isn’t. Maybe the cost of ignoring the...
PBS NEWSHOUR, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/states-choice-medicaid-expansion-affects-hospitals/, reports hospitals in states that approved ACA Medicaid expansion enjoy financial gains, but hospitals in states that refused expansion are paying dearly. The PBS report...
Obamacare State Exchanges Face October 1 Deadline Jack Edward Urquhart August 9, 2013 Obamacare state exchanges face the October 1, 2013 deadline for opening enrollment. Obamacare state exchanges are poorly understood. And the publicity blasts from supporters and...
Abortion and Roe v. Wade: How did we get here from there? Jack Edward Urquhart July 23, 2013 January 22, 1973, I was in my final semester of law school. I was excited. So many very important things–it seemed–were going on. Yet, the most enduring event of that day...