The Keckley Report

What a week!! Last week… Charlie Kirk’s assassination in Utah drew national attention (again) to political violence and hyper-partisan politics. Global tensions heightened as Israel fired on Doha (Qatar), Russia…

I was a member of Lipscomb University’s debate team years ago. I recall the decks of evidence-cards we carried from tournament to tournament and propositions that ranged widely i.e. in…

Friday’s Labor Department release of its August jobs report prompted political and media pundits to conclude the U.S. economy has entered a period of downturn. The report showed a light…

August passed with a flurry of events that produced emotional whip-lash in the public’s psyche: highs sparked by the engagement of pro-football all-star Travis Kelce to iconic superstar Taylor Swift…

Since the murder of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in New York City December 4, 2024, attention to health insurers has heightened. National media coverage has been brutal. Polls have chronicled…

When I was a grad student at Ohio State in the ‘70’s, one of the most challenging courses I took was “Primary Research Methods in Analyzing Public Data” –an elective….

Keeping track of all things healthcare is a formidable task.  Last week’s news is no exception: White House Directives: President Trump fired the heads of the IRS Billy Long and…

July 2025 will be the month U.S. healthcare leaders recognize as the industry’s modern turning point. Consider… On July 4, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law…

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of Medicare. On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Social Security Act (HR 6675) at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence,…

The healthcare industry is still licking its wounds from $1 trillion in federal funding cuts included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law July 4. Adding…