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 ...
Medicaid’s fraud problem has become impossible to ignore
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is demanding records from 11 states as part of a widening investigation into potential Medicaid fraud. It’s just the latest sign that Washington is beginning to recognize the scale of abuse inside one of the nation’s largest entitlement programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is also taking a more aggressive approach toward suspected fraud, including withholding or deferring federal Medicaid payments to states while investigations are ongoing. ...
Americans Get Medicines First – Why?
Americans hear a lot these days about how Europe has healthcare all figured out. Progressives love pointing to countries like Britain, France, and Canada as models America should follow — especially when it comes to prescription drug prices. What they rarely mention is the price those countries pay for government-controlled healthcare. Read the entire op-ed here.
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