Health CareCommentary
Americans are concerned about rising drug prices, and they want Congress to do something about it. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, one of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare is still in trouble. The Medicare Trustees just issued their 2015 report. Like last year’s report, it says that the Hospital Insurance trust fund… Read More
Health CareNews
A $57-million experiment to deliver better, more efficient care at federally funded health centers struggled to meet its goals and is unlikely to save money,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare is in serious need of fundamental reform. The old way in which Medicare reimbursed physician services was broken and needed to be scrapped. It… Read More
Health CareNews
With just hours to go before Medicare physicians potentially faced deep cuts in payments, the Senate passed legislation that stabilizes such payments but adds $141… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare’s Chief Actuary released a report on Thursday confirming the Congressional Budget Office’s bleak assessment of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As part of the 5-year anniversary White House celebration of his health care law, President Obama included his goals for health reform going forward. Among… Read More
Health CareNews
The House Thursday passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015—the so-called “doc fix” bill. The legislation was approved in a 392-37 vote. >>>… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This week Congress is considering the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2). Although correct in its ultimate goal, the bill… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Boehner-Pelosi “Doc Fix” legislation doesn’t fix the problems with Medicare. It simply tinkers with pseudo-reforms, kicks the can down the road and passes the… Read More
Health CareNews
As the House prepares to consider legislation reforming how Medicare doctors are paid, an analysis on the plan by a nonpartisan agency released today shows… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Washington is exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia. At the same time that lawmakers are debating their budget blueprints to eliminate deficits before the end of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Congressional Budget Office has finally released a score for the Boehner-Pelosi deal to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment system in Medicare. Congress’s… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
The Boehner-Pelosi deal to replace Medicare’s physician payment system has been unveiled. As Congress awaits the Congressional Budget Office’s assessment of the budgetary impact of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
On Friday night, House leaders released details of a proposal that would increase spending on doctors paid through Medicare (called the doc fix). Based on… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why are Republicans cutting a deal with Nancy Pelosi to throw an extra $400 billion onto the national debt and calling it entitlement reform? This… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Unless Congress can find a way around it, come April 1, Medicare physicians will suffer a 21 percent payment reduction. Congress is scrambling to head… Read More
Health CareNews
The latest debate on Capitol Hill has created an unlikely alliance between the House’s most powerful Democratic and Republican lawmakers, and it centers on a… Read More
Health CareNews
Specific details of a plan to replace how Medicare doctors are paid has yet to be released. But, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The House Republican congressional leadership is poised to announce a major “deal” with House Democrats on repealing the troublesome “Sustainable Growth Rate” (SGR) formula for… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative lawmakers today expressed their dismay toward a deal forged between the House’s Republican and Democratic leaders that would replace a long-criticized formula determining the… Read More
Health CareNews
House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi find themselves in an unlikely alliance this week as they prepare to roll out a plan… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Doctors in their day-to-day practice already face a mound of federal regulations. Now, starting Oct. 1, doctors will face a new unfunded mandate as they… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has unveiled a major initiative to push Medicare physicians and other medical professionals out of fee for service… Read More
Health CareCommentary
It’s an entitlement program “too big to fail.” Medicare now covers 52 million seniors and disabled citizens. That’s why you can expect the seemingly unending… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Although Congress has been reluctant to reform the unsustainable Medicare program, largely fearing a backlash from its beneficiaries, turns out seniors are considerably more willing… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Despite the recent news that the Medicare Part A trust fund is projected to remain solvent for four more years than previously projected, it is… Read More
Health CareNews
For Robert and Susan Blair, it was time for an exit strategy. The couple had been in the business of home health care for three… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare’s true cost is the biggest problem in Washington and the one most ignored. The long-awaited 2014 Medicare Trustees report is out, and the “spinning… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The annual Medicare Trustees report was released today, detailing the dire financial status of the Medicare program. In large part, it reiterates what has been… Read More
