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Seniors Will Soon Pay the Price for Biden’s Medicare Misstep

Seniors can expect to pay more for their Medicare prescription drug insurance next year. And they have the Biden administration’s signature policy achievement — the Inflation Reduction Act — to thank. According to a recent announcement by the Trump administration, Medicare Part D drug benefit premiums are expected to increase ...
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Doctors and patients have endured enough pay cuts from Medicare

Doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries are in for leaner times, judging from the program’s recently announced reimbursement update. And it will be those beneficiaries who will pay the price. The proposed changes to Medicare’s “fee schedule” would technically increase doctor reimbursement by 2.5%. But the government is also proposing to ...
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Business Policy CMS Shouldn’t Expand Its Broken Competitive Bidding Model

Durable medical equipment (DME) such as CPAP machines and hospital beds helps keep many patients out of expensive nursing home care and in their own homes. Unfortunately, creating the right payment model has long eluded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Disconcertingly, they now plan to expand a ...
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Doctors Deserve More Than a Token Pay ‘Raise’ from Medicare

The Trump administration is giving doctors a modest pay raise. A proposal released this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would, among other things, implement the 2.5% hike in Medicare physician reimbursement established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed into law July ...
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America Doesn’t Have Enough Doctors. Medicare Is Making That Worse.

The United States is facing a shortage of 37,000 physicians, according to the latest research from the Association of American Medical Colleges. That deficit will more than double to 86,000 doctors by 2036. Medicare’s chronically low reimbursement rates deserve at least part of the blame. According to the American Medical ...
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Medicare Turns 60 This Month: It’s Time for an Intervention

On July 30, Medicare will mark its 60th birthday. Like many 60-year-olds, it’s in the throes of a midlife crisis. But unlike a harmless convertible purchase or spontaneous trip to Paris, this one midlife crisis threatens the nation’s fiscal health — and the well-being of future retirees. Read the entire ...
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What’s So Scary About Medicare Reform?

One of the biggest questions surrounding Senate Republicans’ version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act concerns the fate of Medicare. Earlier this month, GOP lawmakers were reportedly considering reforms aimed at reducing waste, fraud and abuse in the entitlement as a way to deliver savings for taxpayers. But as ...
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Don’t believe the CBO’s spin on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

In a recent letter to top Democrats, the Congressional Budget Office claimed that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act would kick millions of people off their health insurance. That warning is misleading. Millions of people are improperly enrolled in Medicaid and taxpayer-subsidized plans through Obamacare’s exchanges. Republicans are rightly ...
Health Care

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 ...
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The Private Sector Is Setting The PACE For Managed Care

Rising demand for long-term care is inevitable as more and more baby boomers retire. Meeting this demand will be a challenge. Recent evidence from the PACE program demonstrates that for-profit care providers can help meet this growing demand, but only if the regulatory environment allows it. Read the op-ed here.
Commentary

Seniors Will Soon Pay the Price for Biden’s Medicare Misstep

Seniors can expect to pay more for their Medicare prescription drug insurance next year. And they have the Biden administration’s signature policy achievement — the Inflation Reduction Act — to thank. According to a recent announcement by the Trump administration, Medicare Part D drug benefit premiums are expected to increase ...
Commentary

Doctors and patients have endured enough pay cuts from Medicare

Doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries are in for leaner times, judging from the program’s recently announced reimbursement update. And it will be those beneficiaries who will pay the price. The proposed changes to Medicare’s “fee schedule” would technically increase doctor reimbursement by 2.5%. But the government is also proposing to ...
Commentary

Business Policy CMS Shouldn’t Expand Its Broken Competitive Bidding Model

Durable medical equipment (DME) such as CPAP machines and hospital beds helps keep many patients out of expensive nursing home care and in their own homes. Unfortunately, creating the right payment model has long eluded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Disconcertingly, they now plan to expand a ...
Commentary

Doctors Deserve More Than a Token Pay ‘Raise’ from Medicare

The Trump administration is giving doctors a modest pay raise. A proposal released this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would, among other things, implement the 2.5% hike in Medicare physician reimbursement established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed into law July ...
Commentary

America Doesn’t Have Enough Doctors. Medicare Is Making That Worse.

The United States is facing a shortage of 37,000 physicians, according to the latest research from the Association of American Medical Colleges. That deficit will more than double to 86,000 doctors by 2036. Medicare’s chronically low reimbursement rates deserve at least part of the blame. According to the American Medical ...
Commentary

Medicare Turns 60 This Month: It’s Time for an Intervention

On July 30, Medicare will mark its 60th birthday. Like many 60-year-olds, it’s in the throes of a midlife crisis. But unlike a harmless convertible purchase or spontaneous trip to Paris, this one midlife crisis threatens the nation’s fiscal health — and the well-being of future retirees. Read the entire ...
Commentary

What’s So Scary About Medicare Reform?

One of the biggest questions surrounding Senate Republicans’ version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act concerns the fate of Medicare. Earlier this month, GOP lawmakers were reportedly considering reforms aimed at reducing waste, fraud and abuse in the entitlement as a way to deliver savings for taxpayers. But as ...
Commentary

Don’t believe the CBO’s spin on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

In a recent letter to top Democrats, the Congressional Budget Office claimed that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act would kick millions of people off their health insurance. That warning is misleading. Millions of people are improperly enrolled in Medicaid and taxpayer-subsidized plans through Obamacare’s exchanges. Republicans are rightly ...
Health Care

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 ...
Commentary

The Private Sector Is Setting The PACE For Managed Care

Rising demand for long-term care is inevitable as more and more baby boomers retire. Meeting this demand will be a challenge. Recent evidence from the PACE program demonstrates that for-profit care providers can help meet this growing demand, but only if the regulatory environment allows it. Read the op-ed here.
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