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 ...
AOC Says Single-Payer Is Forever – That’s the Problem
“Presidents come and go,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently declared. “Single-payer is forever.” That line was meant as a boast. Americans should hear it as a warning. For years, progressives have treated government-run healthcare as the ultimate political prize. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made Medicare for All the centerpiece of two presidential campaigns. Now Democratic candidates across the country — especially in California — are reviving state-level single-payer proposals with renewed confidence. Read the entire ...
Washington Is Finally Taking Medicaid Fraud More Seriously
Vice President J.D. Vance recently intensified the Trump administration’s crackdown on healthcare fraud, warning states that they could risk losing federal Medicaid funding if they don’t adequately police abuse within the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also announced a nationwide six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home-health providers—sectors CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz described as plagued by “systemic and deeply troubling fraud.” The actions reflect growing concern inside ...
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