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Communists have always lived among us; it's just that, as opportunists, they have now 'come out' given the favorable climate.

Watching the Dr. Anthony Fauci (non) testimony at last week's Senate hearing was sad to the extreme.

The most expensive day in many American families' lives isn't the day they buy a house or a car. It is the day they have a baby.

In 2000, the average family paid about $6,000 a year for health insurance. Today, that figure has climbed to nearly $27,000, rising at more than twice the rate of inflation over the same period.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States.

When scammers abuse federal programs, they are not stealing from some faceless government account. They are pickpocketing hardworking taxpayers and vulnerable patients who depend on these programs.

There is a lot of talk in Washington about "value" in healthcare. Some suggest the best way to create value is to simply lower costs by limiting the procedures and products available to patients.

Patients deserve innovation, but they also deserve evidence. FDA should not allow pharmacy compounding to become a shortcut around safety and efficacy standards that protect the public.

Military aviation has always been deeply personal to me. Military aviators operate at the tip of the spear.

One of the biggest challenges facing our healthcare system is the shortage of qualified professionals.