Commentary
340B
It’s Time For Congress To Get 340B Out Of Its Blind Spot
That should alarm anyone concerned about rising healthcare costs, misuse of taxpayer dollars, financial burdens on employers, or the integrity of our nation’s safety net. Congress must stop ignoring this problem and inject some badly needed transparency into 340B. Read the full article at Forbes
Commentary
Hospitals Front and Center for Rising Healthcare Costs
In a much-anticipated hearing last month, Congress asked chief executives from several of America’s major hospital systems to account for the astronomical cost of healthcare in this country. Lawmakers were certainly asking the right people. Any honest diagnosis of America’s soaring healthcare costs has to place hospitals front and center. ...
California
Xavier Becerra’s plan to inflate California’s housing prices
At a recent debate, Xavier Becerra discussed his plan to make housing “more affordable” in California. But his agenda would do the opposite if enacted. If his policy ideas become law, home prices will soar even higher. Becerra, a former Biden Cabinet member, California attorney general, U.S. House member and ...
Commentary
Left And Right Agree—Hospital Consolidation Is Driving Up Healthcare Costs
A growing bipartisan consensus is emerging around one of the biggest drivers of America’s healthcare affordability crisis: hospital consolidation. Two reports published this spring—one from the market-oriented Paragon Health Institute and another from the progressive advocacy group Families USA—arrive at remarkably similar conclusions. Large hospital systems have gained enormous market ...
California
No one saw ‘Spencer Pratt for mayor’ coming
A former reality television star with a penchant for inflammatory social media antics is drawing headlines and building momentum in the homestretch of a political campaign. No, not that guy. Rather, it’s Spencer Pratt, the villain from MTV’s mid-aughts show “The Hills,” who has emerged as an unlikely player in ...
Commentary
Deflating the controversy over Medicaid work requirements
Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements established by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now renamed by Republicans as the working families tax cuts. Dozens of others are scrambling to follow suit before the January deadline. Democrats and much of ...
Commentary
U.S. life expectancy gap doesn’t mean health system is failing
America spends more in total and per capita on health care than any other country. So why do we tend to have shorter lifespans than our peers? New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that U.S. life expectancy hit a record 79 years in 2024. But ...
California
CA homelessness goal pledged by Newsom lapses in failure today
Five years ago today, on May 11, 2021, California Gov. Newsom announced his plan to “end family homelessness within five years.” Any objective grader would give Newsom an F on homelessness, and Californians should be worried if the state elects any of the top Democrats running for governor who gave ...
Commentary
Trump Puts Drug Pricing Program Fraudsters on Notice
The Trump administration is ramping up its fight against waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare. And that effort could help make care more affordable for millions of Americans. One of its latest targets is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a little-known federal initiative that has warped the prescription drug market. ...
Commentary
Germany Wants Cheaper Drugs—And Americans To Pay The Difference
What does a new healthcare reform effort in Germany have to do with American patients? Quite a lot, actually. The German government is looking to cut healthcare spending by tens of billions of euros. To that end, it is pushing pharmaceutical companies to accept significantly lower prices for new medicines. ...
It’s Time For Congress To Get 340B Out Of Its Blind Spot
That should alarm anyone concerned about rising healthcare costs, misuse of taxpayer dollars, financial burdens on employers, or the integrity of our nation’s safety net. Congress must stop ignoring this problem and inject some badly needed transparency into 340B. Read the full article at Forbes
Hospitals Front and Center for Rising Healthcare Costs
In a much-anticipated hearing last month, Congress asked chief executives from several of America’s major hospital systems to account for the astronomical cost of healthcare in this country. Lawmakers were certainly asking the right people. Any honest diagnosis of America’s soaring healthcare costs has to place hospitals front and center. ...
Xavier Becerra’s plan to inflate California’s housing prices
At a recent debate, Xavier Becerra discussed his plan to make housing “more affordable” in California. But his agenda would do the opposite if enacted. If his policy ideas become law, home prices will soar even higher. Becerra, a former Biden Cabinet member, California attorney general, U.S. House member and ...
Left And Right Agree—Hospital Consolidation Is Driving Up Healthcare Costs
A growing bipartisan consensus is emerging around one of the biggest drivers of America’s healthcare affordability crisis: hospital consolidation. Two reports published this spring—one from the market-oriented Paragon Health Institute and another from the progressive advocacy group Families USA—arrive at remarkably similar conclusions. Large hospital systems have gained enormous market ...
No one saw ‘Spencer Pratt for mayor’ coming
A former reality television star with a penchant for inflammatory social media antics is drawing headlines and building momentum in the homestretch of a political campaign. No, not that guy. Rather, it’s Spencer Pratt, the villain from MTV’s mid-aughts show “The Hills,” who has emerged as an unlikely player in ...
Deflating the controversy over Medicaid work requirements
Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements established by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now renamed by Republicans as the working families tax cuts. Dozens of others are scrambling to follow suit before the January deadline. Democrats and much of ...
U.S. life expectancy gap doesn’t mean health system is failing
America spends more in total and per capita on health care than any other country. So why do we tend to have shorter lifespans than our peers? New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that U.S. life expectancy hit a record 79 years in 2024. But ...
CA homelessness goal pledged by Newsom lapses in failure today
Five years ago today, on May 11, 2021, California Gov. Newsom announced his plan to “end family homelessness within five years.” Any objective grader would give Newsom an F on homelessness, and Californians should be worried if the state elects any of the top Democrats running for governor who gave ...
Trump Puts Drug Pricing Program Fraudsters on Notice
The Trump administration is ramping up its fight against waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare. And that effort could help make care more affordable for millions of Americans. One of its latest targets is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a little-known federal initiative that has warped the prescription drug market. ...
Germany Wants Cheaper Drugs—And Americans To Pay The Difference
What does a new healthcare reform effort in Germany have to do with American patients? Quite a lot, actually. The German government is looking to cut healthcare spending by tens of billions of euros. To that end, it is pushing pharmaceutical companies to accept significantly lower prices for new medicines. ...