Americans of all walks of life suffer from outrageously high healthcare bill costs, but many patients misplace the blame for the steep prices on drug makers, insurers and other middlemen. U.S. hospitals are just as guilty. In 2023, hospitals took in $1.5 trillion in healthcare fees. Since the year 2000, hospital prices have soared by… Continue reading The Inflation of America’s Giant Healthcare Bill
Couples who struggle with infertility often feel abandoned by the reproductive medicine field, which by-and-large tells them to undergo costly, often unsuccessful, rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments to circumvent their underlying health challenges. In Arkansas, couples can breathe a sigh of relief with the passage of the RESTORE Act. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders… Continue reading The Passage of the RESTORE Act Offers Hope to Arkansas Couples Struggling with Infertility
De-extinction, using genetic technology to bring back to life an extinct species, is now a possibility, and the bioethical questions surrounding this practice are therefore more urgent. Colossal Biosciences made headlines with its “resurrection” of the dire wolf recently after an estimated 10,000 years of extinction. The laboratory used AI-enabled genomic mapping, sophisticated gene-editing techniques, and cloning to create a wolf that is an approximate phenotypical match of the extinct dire wolf.
Below is Solidarity HealthShare’s sharing report for the month of April 2025. From April 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025 inclusive, Solidarity HealthShare received $4,457,616.99 in eligible medical needs on behalf of our Members, which was re-priced and shared at $1,768,887.78. This resulted in a 58% savings on medical bills for our Members. Sharing Report… Continue reading Sharing Report: April 2025
Below is Solidarity HealthShare’s sharing report for the month of March 2025. From March 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025 inclusive, Solidarity HealthShare received $4,461,681.27 in eligible medical needs on behalf of our Members, which was re-priced and shared at $1,639,086.46. This resulted in a 61% savings on medical bills for our Members. Sharing Report… Continue reading Sharing Report: March 2025
De-extinction, using genetic technology to bring back to life an extinct species, is now a possibility, and the bioethical questions surrounding this practice are therefore more urgent. Colossal Biosciences made headlines with its “resurrection” of the dire wolf recently after an estimated 10,000 years of extinction. The laboratory used AI-enabled genomic mapping, sophisticated gene-editing techniques, and cloning to create a wolf that is an approximate phenotypical match of the extinct dire wolf.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Researchers estimate that there are more than 178,000 alcohol-related deaths each year, making alcohol a leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. For many family members and friends of those who are struggling with alcohol addiction, feeling powerless is a common thread. But don’t worry, you’re not alone. There… Continue reading April is Alcohol Awareness Month – How Can We Help
Safer, more affordable alternatives exist: Here’s why President Trump should make them accessible to all Americans. At first glance, President Trump’s recent executive order expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) may appear to be a victory for couples struggling to conceive. Yet, what many do not realize is that IVF is not a cure for infertility. It… Continue reading National Review: We Can Do Better Than IVF
Below is Solidarity HealthShare’s sharing report for the month of February 2025. From February 1, 2025 to February 28, 2025 inclusive, Solidarity HealthShare received $4,643,986.77 in eligible medical needs on behalf of our Members, which was re-priced and shared at $1,335,466.32. This resulted in a 68% savings on medical bills for our Members. Sharing Report… Continue reading Sharing Report: February 2025
by Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterMarch 18, 2025There is perhaps no bioethical topic more hotly debated among Catholics than the morality of adopting frozen embryos. This issue arose after the unequivocal condemnation of the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF) by the Instruction Donum Vitae issued by the Congregation for… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: The Question of Embryo Adoption
