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 ...
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.
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 ...
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