David Orentlicher In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal
With health care access a key issue for voters, the presidential candidates are highlighting their proposals for reform. Some promote a single-payer, “Medicare for All” kind of system. Others want a public health insurance plan as an option so people can choose between their private coverage and government coverage. Whose ideas will do the most to improve the health of Americans?
The Conversation
“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President of the United States did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. … However, we are unable to reach that judgment.”
The Conversation
One month after Robert Mueller submitted the final report on his investigation into Donald Trump, its contents have finally been made public – meaning that the Department of Justice is no longer the only one analyzing and interpreting Mueller’s findings.
The Conversation
Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
K.N.P.R. News
The right-to-die, or physician-assisted death, is an idea now legal in six states and the District of Columbia.
Washington Post
President Trump made religious leaders a contentious promise at this week’s National Prayer Breakfast: Faith-based adoption agencies that won’t work with same-sex couples would still be able to get federal funding to “help vulnerable children find their forever families while following their deeply held beliefs.”
Washington Post
The drama surrounding Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s path to a seat on the Supreme Court has divided Americans. But perhaps less well understood by those within the United States is how odd the circumstances of the case look to the rest of the world.
The Conversation
The confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, an appeals court judge, has been unusually contentious.