Recently, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on reducing health care costs and improving quality and value for patients. The first of many … READ MORE
Healthcare
The Opioid Epidemic is a Social and Economic Crisis Rising Above $1 Trillion
Over the past couple years, researchers in the government, pharmaceutical industry, and public health fields have found increasing statistics on just how corrosive the opioid epidemic is to American society. … READ MORE
The Health Care Scam Against Millennials No One Is Talking About
A common refrain in today’s health care debate is that the United States is the only major industrial country without single-payer, government-run universal health care. Bernie Sanders deserves credit for … READ MORE
Here’s What Congress Will Try to Accomplish in 2018 and the Likelihood of It Happening
After accomplishing a major overhaul of the tax code to end 2017, the Republican controlled Congress needs to figure out what to do in 2018. Their agenda could include a … READ MORE
The Graham-Cassidy Proposal Won’t Pass, But Maybe It Should
Graham-Cassidy won’t pass the Senate, but maybe it should. Why? Taking power away from Washington and pushing it back to the states isn’t a sure success, but we’ve already seen … READ MORE
BAD BOYS: HHS Watchdogs Have Big August, Fraudsters Be Warned
[popup_trigger id="1202" tag="span"][/popup_trigger] Improper payment noncompliance is at its highest point to date. Only fifteen agencies make up 96% of the government’s $136.7 billion in improper payments, and over 65% of those … READ MORE
Democrats Can’t Pick and Choose Which CBO Scores To Listen To
This week, the revitalization of a Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare gained steam behind the Graham-Cassidy proposal. The bill would block grant portions of federal health spending to … READ MORE
Taxpayers Will Feel the ‘Bern’ Under ‘Medicare for All’ Plan
So it’s come to this. Socialized medicine is the platform for leaders of a major American political party. The “Medicare-for-all” plan that was unveiled yesterday is similar to the plan … READ MORE