Health Care
Commentary
Read about problems with drug price controls
Let’s Hope Drug Companies Win Price Controls War
The IRA gives federal officials the authority to dictate what Medicare pays for certain medicines — a scheme intended to reduce the government’s drug bill. Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the first 10 drugs subject to the law’s price controls, which include the blood thinners ...
Coronavirus
NEW BRIEF: COVID-19 Restrictions Led to Small Health Benefits Negated by Tradeoff of Huge Economic, Education Losses
States that had more invasive COVID-19 restrictions saw small reductions in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, but saw large negative impacts on employment, economic growth, and children’s education outcomes, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute.CMEI_Covid_FINAL Click ...
Commentary
Read about problems of PBMs
Congress Waking Up to PBMs Drug Cost Manipulations
PBMs work for (or increasingly are part of) insurance companies. They decide which drugs patients can access and negotiate rebates to drugs’ list prices. The term “rebates” sounds like these discounts should benefit patients, but PBMs and insurers pocket these savings while basing patients’ costs on the higher undiscounted prices. ...
Commentary
Americans Disenrolled From Medicaid Have Other Health Insurance Options
This return to normal will save taxpayers money, and it’s unlikely to leave anyone without health insurance unless that’s what they choose. Some Democratic lawmakers are decrying the process as hasty and unfair. Yet everyone still has the right to apply or re-apply for Medicaid. If they don’t qualify, they ...
Commentary
Drug price controls hurt patients
Costly Imported Medicines Leave Patients Vulnerable
Texas just became the latest state to look north for lower drug prices. As of the beginning of this month, the state’s Health and Human Services Commission gained authority to contract with Canadian wholesalers and suppliers to import prescription drugs from our northern neighbor. The prices of brand-name prescription drugs ...
Commentary
Read about Biden admin push to take away health care choice
Limiting short-term health plans will limit patient and broker choice
That’s not the president’s pitch, of course. He claims the rule, which would limit the duration of short-term health plans, is necessary to protect unsuspecting Americans from rapacious brokers trying to “sucker” them into purchasing “junk” insurance that doesn’t actually protect them if they get sick. But short-term plans aren’t ...
Commentary
Learn About Free Market Health Care Alternatives
Here’s How American Employers Are Seeking Affordable Alternatives To Obamacare
It’s growing more expensive for employers to offer health insurance. Employer insurance costs are expected to climb 6.5% in 2024, according to a new survey from major benefits consulting firms Mercer and Willis Towers Watson. Employers spend about $14,600, on average, to insure a single employee, a 5% percent increase from last year ...
Commentary
Read latest about problems with PBMs
Pharmacy benefit manager reform must remain a priority for Congress
Congress has returned to Capitol Hill from summer recess. Lawmakers in both chambers have a full slate of policy priorities to attend to — not least among them funding the government and averting a shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline. Several healthcare items will also remain near the top of ...
Commentary
Read latest on push for free-market healthcare reform
Conservatives Must Take Back Healthcare Debate
U.S. House Republicans are launching a task force aimed at drawing out new ideas for healthcare reform. The task force “will convene members from various committees as well as independent experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector to reform what’s broken and build on what’s working,” per Reps. ...
Commentary
Read latest on single-payer healthcare
If There Were a Healthcare Competition, US Would Win
Doctors in England’s National Health Service (NHS) staged a two-day strike in late August over a pay dispute with the country’s government. They plan to strike again in September and October if their demands aren’t met. The walkout is just the latest development in an ever-escalating crisis in Britain’s system ...
Read about problems with drug price controls
Let’s Hope Drug Companies Win Price Controls War
The IRA gives federal officials the authority to dictate what Medicare pays for certain medicines — a scheme intended to reduce the government’s drug bill. Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the first 10 drugs subject to the law’s price controls, which include the blood thinners ...
NEW BRIEF: COVID-19 Restrictions Led to Small Health Benefits Negated by Tradeoff of Huge Economic, Education Losses
States that had more invasive COVID-19 restrictions saw small reductions in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, but saw large negative impacts on employment, economic growth, and children’s education outcomes, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute.CMEI_Covid_FINAL Click ...
Read about problems of PBMs
Congress Waking Up to PBMs Drug Cost Manipulations
PBMs work for (or increasingly are part of) insurance companies. They decide which drugs patients can access and negotiate rebates to drugs’ list prices. The term “rebates” sounds like these discounts should benefit patients, but PBMs and insurers pocket these savings while basing patients’ costs on the higher undiscounted prices. ...
Americans Disenrolled From Medicaid Have Other Health Insurance Options
This return to normal will save taxpayers money, and it’s unlikely to leave anyone without health insurance unless that’s what they choose. Some Democratic lawmakers are decrying the process as hasty and unfair. Yet everyone still has the right to apply or re-apply for Medicaid. If they don’t qualify, they ...
Drug price controls hurt patients
Costly Imported Medicines Leave Patients Vulnerable
Texas just became the latest state to look north for lower drug prices. As of the beginning of this month, the state’s Health and Human Services Commission gained authority to contract with Canadian wholesalers and suppliers to import prescription drugs from our northern neighbor. The prices of brand-name prescription drugs ...
Read about Biden admin push to take away health care choice
Limiting short-term health plans will limit patient and broker choice
That’s not the president’s pitch, of course. He claims the rule, which would limit the duration of short-term health plans, is necessary to protect unsuspecting Americans from rapacious brokers trying to “sucker” them into purchasing “junk” insurance that doesn’t actually protect them if they get sick. But short-term plans aren’t ...
Learn About Free Market Health Care Alternatives
Here’s How American Employers Are Seeking Affordable Alternatives To Obamacare
It’s growing more expensive for employers to offer health insurance. Employer insurance costs are expected to climb 6.5% in 2024, according to a new survey from major benefits consulting firms Mercer and Willis Towers Watson. Employers spend about $14,600, on average, to insure a single employee, a 5% percent increase from last year ...
Read latest about problems with PBMs
Pharmacy benefit manager reform must remain a priority for Congress
Congress has returned to Capitol Hill from summer recess. Lawmakers in both chambers have a full slate of policy priorities to attend to — not least among them funding the government and averting a shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline. Several healthcare items will also remain near the top of ...
Read latest on push for free-market healthcare reform
Conservatives Must Take Back Healthcare Debate
U.S. House Republicans are launching a task force aimed at drawing out new ideas for healthcare reform. The task force “will convene members from various committees as well as independent experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector to reform what’s broken and build on what’s working,” per Reps. ...
Read latest on single-payer healthcare
If There Were a Healthcare Competition, US Would Win
Doctors in England’s National Health Service (NHS) staged a two-day strike in late August over a pay dispute with the country’s government. They plan to strike again in September and October if their demands aren’t met. The walkout is just the latest development in an ever-escalating crisis in Britain’s system ...
