Health Care
Commentary
Obamacare Crushed Choice. This Reform Helps Restore It
Every fall, millions of Americans log onto the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges hoping to find a health plan that fits their needs. This year, roughly 23 million people have signed up through the marketplaces. Many are discovering that their options all look more or less the same—expensive and ill-suited to ...
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Uninsured Americans Want Coverage Worth Buying
More than 20 million Americans lack health insurance. Democrats are betting that public concern over that number will propel them back into power this fall. But the headline figure obscures a more important question. Why do so many Americans go without coverage? A new report from the Centers for Disease ...
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Trump’s War on Medicaid Fraud Finally Gains Steam
Vice President J.D. Vance’s effort to clean up waste in Medicaid began in earnest last month, with the first meeting of the administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Judging from a new federal report, he’s got his work cut out for him. The study, issued last month by the Office ...
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What Canada’s Euthanasia Surge Reveals About Single-Payer Health Care
Medical assistance in dying now accounts for roughly one in 20 deaths in Canada, according to the latest government data. That makes it the country’s fifth-leading cause of death. For patients facing severe illness and suffering, the option is framed as an act of compassion. But its rapid expansion raises ...
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The FTC Is Settling for Lower Drug Prices
The FTC alleged that Express Scripts “artificially inflated the list price of insulin drugs by using anticompetitive and unfair rebating practices, and impaired patients’ access to lower list price products, ultimately shifting the cost of high insulin list prices to vulnerable patients.” This is a big win – and not just for ...
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Lawmakers Divided on Affordable Healthcare, Patients Aren’t
Rising healthcare costs continue to squeeze household finances. Washington is divided over how to respond. But new public opinion data suggest that patients agree on an answer. More than eight in 10 voters say they would react positively to an elected official who believed that “[t]o improve health care, we ...
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New Yorkers can’t afford Albany’s single-payer fantasy
With health insurance premiums climbing across New York, some lawmakers are once again pitching a familiar “solution” — scrap private coverage and put the state in charge of everyone’s health care. More than 30 members of the state Senate are beating the drum for the New York Health Act, which ...
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The Real Profiteers in Healthcare Aren’t Drugmakers
Pressure is building on Capitol Hill for Congress to codify President Trump’s “most favored nation” drug-pricing initiative into law. The administration has already struck deals with more than a dozen drugmakers to sell medicines to Medicaid, the federal-state health plan for low-income individuals and the disabled, at the lowest prices ...
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Insurance red tape is delaying care for millions of Americans
Few things frustrate patients more than the insurance paperwork that stands between them and the care they need. A new poll from KFF shows just how serious the problem has become. Nearly seven in ten Americans say insurer prior authorization requirements are a “burden.” Beyond costs, more than one-third call ...
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America doesn’t need more medical students. It needs more residents
Earlier this month, fourth-year medical students around the country learned news that will shape the rest of their careers. Match Day, as it’s known, is when aspiring physicians learn where they will complete their training in residency. For too many, the answer is nowhere. Read the op-ed here.
Obamacare Crushed Choice. This Reform Helps Restore It
Every fall, millions of Americans log onto the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges hoping to find a health plan that fits their needs. This year, roughly 23 million people have signed up through the marketplaces. Many are discovering that their options all look more or less the same—expensive and ill-suited to ...
Uninsured Americans Want Coverage Worth Buying
More than 20 million Americans lack health insurance. Democrats are betting that public concern over that number will propel them back into power this fall. But the headline figure obscures a more important question. Why do so many Americans go without coverage? A new report from the Centers for Disease ...
Trump’s War on Medicaid Fraud Finally Gains Steam
Vice President J.D. Vance’s effort to clean up waste in Medicaid began in earnest last month, with the first meeting of the administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Judging from a new federal report, he’s got his work cut out for him. The study, issued last month by the Office ...
What Canada’s Euthanasia Surge Reveals About Single-Payer Health Care
Medical assistance in dying now accounts for roughly one in 20 deaths in Canada, according to the latest government data. That makes it the country’s fifth-leading cause of death. For patients facing severe illness and suffering, the option is framed as an act of compassion. But its rapid expansion raises ...
The FTC Is Settling for Lower Drug Prices
The FTC alleged that Express Scripts “artificially inflated the list price of insulin drugs by using anticompetitive and unfair rebating practices, and impaired patients’ access to lower list price products, ultimately shifting the cost of high insulin list prices to vulnerable patients.” This is a big win – and not just for ...
Lawmakers Divided on Affordable Healthcare, Patients Aren’t
Rising healthcare costs continue to squeeze household finances. Washington is divided over how to respond. But new public opinion data suggest that patients agree on an answer. More than eight in 10 voters say they would react positively to an elected official who believed that “[t]o improve health care, we ...
New Yorkers can’t afford Albany’s single-payer fantasy
With health insurance premiums climbing across New York, some lawmakers are once again pitching a familiar “solution” — scrap private coverage and put the state in charge of everyone’s health care. More than 30 members of the state Senate are beating the drum for the New York Health Act, which ...
The Real Profiteers in Healthcare Aren’t Drugmakers
Pressure is building on Capitol Hill for Congress to codify President Trump’s “most favored nation” drug-pricing initiative into law. The administration has already struck deals with more than a dozen drugmakers to sell medicines to Medicaid, the federal-state health plan for low-income individuals and the disabled, at the lowest prices ...
Insurance red tape is delaying care for millions of Americans
Few things frustrate patients more than the insurance paperwork that stands between them and the care they need. A new poll from KFF shows just how serious the problem has become. Nearly seven in ten Americans say insurer prior authorization requirements are a “burden.” Beyond costs, more than one-third call ...
America doesn’t need more medical students. It needs more residents
Earlier this month, fourth-year medical students around the country learned news that will shape the rest of their careers. Match Day, as it’s known, is when aspiring physicians learn where they will complete their training in residency. For too many, the answer is nowhere. Read the op-ed here.