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 ...
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. Sprawling health systems have managed to pad their own bottom lines through a deliberate strategy of consolidation and policy gamesmanship. Patients and employers have paid ...
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