Health Care Reform
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ISSUE BRIEF: Stronger Reforms Needed to Fix Medicare Competitive Bidding Problems
SACRAMENTO – Proposed reforms to fix the problems with the current Medicare bidding process for acquiring prosthetics, CPAP machines, wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment don’t go far enough to fix the fundamental flaws in the process, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and ...
Commentary
Republicans shouldn’t cave to Democrats’ shutdown demands
As the government shutdown stretches into its third week, Republicans have signaled some willingness to agree to Democrats’ demand to extend billions of dollars in enhanced premium subsidies for exchange plans beyond their scheduled expiration at the end of this year. That would be a mistake. The enhanced insurance subsidies ...
Commentary
Is a Primary Care Revolution Dawning?
Americans in need of primary care will soon have more options, thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The recently passed law allows patients to use money from tax-advantaged health savings accounts to pay for direct primary care for the first time. Direct primary care, or DPC, is ...
Health Care
New PRI Study: Reforms to Expand PACE Program Could Save Taxpayers Billions, Improve Senior Care
SACRAMENTO – A new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute calls for reforms to expand the reach of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a joint Medicare and Medicaid program that delivers comprehensive medical and social ...
Commentary
One Big Beautiful Bill: A Fiscal Lifeline for Medicaid, Taxpayers
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (OBBBA) signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4 is set to help pull America’s healthcare system back from the brink of fiscal disaster. Read the entire op-ed here.
Commentary
Democrats Should Be Honest About Healthcare Waste and Fraud
For weeks, opponents of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act have portrayed it as a threat to health coverage for millions of Americans. Some critics have said that it would covertly repeal Obamacare. If only. The bill is hardly a radical assault on health coverage. It would finally crack down ...
Commentary
Congress Can Help Small Businesses Afford Health Insurance
Health insurance is more expensive than ever. The average family plan last year cost employers and employees over $19,000 and nearly $6,300 per year, respectively. That’s enough to buy a new car. Congressional Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill could help bring down those costs. Among other things, the One Big Beautiful ...
Commentary
This Groundbreaking Insurance Reform Is Buried In The One Big, Beautiful Bill
The legislative package would codify and expand Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, which the first Trump administration introduced in 2019. ICHRAs allow employers to give workers untaxed dollars, which they can use to purchase health insurance on the individual market. In many ways, ICHRAs are the health insurance equivalent of retirement accounts to ...
Commentary
President Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Hospital Price Transparency
For markets to function efficiently, consumers need to know how much things cost. This is as true for eggs and milk as it is for medical care. And it was this very insight that motivated the rule that President Donald J. Trump implemented during his first term in 2019 ordering ...
Commentary
Is Era of Biomedical Innovation Wins Against Cancer Over?
For evidence of the astounding progress made by medical science in recent decades, look no further than the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, which was jointly issued by the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the North American Association of Central ...
ISSUE BRIEF: Stronger Reforms Needed to Fix Medicare Competitive Bidding Problems
SACRAMENTO – Proposed reforms to fix the problems with the current Medicare bidding process for acquiring prosthetics, CPAP machines, wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment don’t go far enough to fix the fundamental flaws in the process, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and ...
Republicans shouldn’t cave to Democrats’ shutdown demands
As the government shutdown stretches into its third week, Republicans have signaled some willingness to agree to Democrats’ demand to extend billions of dollars in enhanced premium subsidies for exchange plans beyond their scheduled expiration at the end of this year. That would be a mistake. The enhanced insurance subsidies ...
Is a Primary Care Revolution Dawning?
Americans in need of primary care will soon have more options, thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The recently passed law allows patients to use money from tax-advantaged health savings accounts to pay for direct primary care for the first time. Direct primary care, or DPC, is ...
New PRI Study: Reforms to Expand PACE Program Could Save Taxpayers Billions, Improve Senior Care
SACRAMENTO – A new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute calls for reforms to expand the reach of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a joint Medicare and Medicaid program that delivers comprehensive medical and social ...
One Big Beautiful Bill: A Fiscal Lifeline for Medicaid, Taxpayers
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (OBBBA) signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4 is set to help pull America’s healthcare system back from the brink of fiscal disaster. Read the entire op-ed here.
Democrats Should Be Honest About Healthcare Waste and Fraud
For weeks, opponents of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act have portrayed it as a threat to health coverage for millions of Americans. Some critics have said that it would covertly repeal Obamacare. If only. The bill is hardly a radical assault on health coverage. It would finally crack down ...
Congress Can Help Small Businesses Afford Health Insurance
Health insurance is more expensive than ever. The average family plan last year cost employers and employees over $19,000 and nearly $6,300 per year, respectively. That’s enough to buy a new car. Congressional Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill could help bring down those costs. Among other things, the One Big Beautiful ...
This Groundbreaking Insurance Reform Is Buried In The One Big, Beautiful Bill
The legislative package would codify and expand Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, which the first Trump administration introduced in 2019. ICHRAs allow employers to give workers untaxed dollars, which they can use to purchase health insurance on the individual market. In many ways, ICHRAs are the health insurance equivalent of retirement accounts to ...
President Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Hospital Price Transparency
For markets to function efficiently, consumers need to know how much things cost. This is as true for eggs and milk as it is for medical care. And it was this very insight that motivated the rule that President Donald J. Trump implemented during his first term in 2019 ordering ...
Is Era of Biomedical Innovation Wins Against Cancer Over?
For evidence of the astounding progress made by medical science in recent decades, look no further than the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, which was jointly issued by the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the North American Association of Central ...
