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New Study: Medicare’s Price Controls Are Fueling America’s Growing Doctor Shortage

The Pacific Research Institute’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation today released a new issue brief warning that continued federal underpayment of doctors is fueling a looming healthcare crisis by accelerating the nation’s physician shortage and undermining access to care. Written by PRI senior fellow in business and economics and CMEI director Dr. Wayne Winegarden, the brief (titled “It’s Time for Medicare to Stop Shortchanging Physicians”) finds that Medicare reimbursement rates are well below market ...
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Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”

Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through market capitalism. Click here to register to watch a special live webinar with Pipes on Wednesday, February 26 at 11 AM Pacific time, discussing her new book in conversation with PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden. In ...
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Health Insurers Are Behind Washington’s Shutdown

The federal government shutdown is entering its fifth week. At its core, the fight is over insurance subsidies. Democrats are demanding that billions in federal payments to insurers continue uninterrupted. Republicans question whether that’s a good idea. Democrats claim they’re protecting “access to care.” In reality, they’re enriching some of the country’s largest corporations at the expense of taxpayers. Read the op-ed here. 

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