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Recession has hit America’s health care industry – and it’s brutal. Here’s what needs to happen now

POSTED BY Doug Badger on June 10, 2020.

By Amy Anderson and Doug Badger |FOX Business  June 10, 2020 | The health care sector is in recession. Hospitals, physician and dental practices and clinical laboratories are hemorrhaging money and furloughing staff. Some are on the brink of bankruptcy. While the world is calling health workers “heroes," many are losing their jobs.  In April, the sector shed 1.4 million … [Read more...] about Recession has hit America’s health care industry – and it’s brutal. Here’s what needs to happen now

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Fox Business

On Surprise Medical Bills, Congress Should Side With Consumers, Not Special Interests

POSTED BY Doug Badger on January 30, 2020.

If you’re wondering why Congress still hasn’t protected consumers from surprise medical bills, ask Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas.  “It’s troubling that it’s taking this long,” Doggett, a senior member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, recently told Politico.  “But this can’t be something that is 100 percent for the provider or 100 percent for the insurer. … [Read more...] about On Surprise Medical Bills, Congress Should Side With Consumers, Not Special Interests

Filed Under: Doug Badger, The Daily Signal

What You Should Know about the Uninsured

POSTED BY Doug Badger on October 25, 2019.

Last month’s Census Bureau report on the uninsured overlooked an important point: More than 99 percent of Americans have access to health coverage, regardless of their income or medical condition. The overwhelming majority of those lacking insurance could have obtained coverage but did not enroll. Many of those with lower incomes may not sign up for subsidized coverage because they know they … [Read more...] about What You Should Know about the Uninsured

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Health Insurance, National Review

This Senate Measure Would Restrict Health Care Choices and Raise Premiums

POSTED BY Doug Badger on September 30, 2019.

The Senate is expected to vote soon on a resolution aimed at curbing the president’s efforts to reduce health care premiums and expand insurance options for Americans. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., authored the resolution, which would curtail an administration initiative that was the driving force behind the first-ever reduction in average Obamacare premiums: the authority to grant states … [Read more...] about This Senate Measure Would Restrict Health Care Choices and Raise Premiums

Filed Under: The Daily Signal

Why Pelosi’s Drug Price Control Scheme Would Be a Poison Pill to Innovation and Access

POSTED BY Doug Badger on September 24, 2019.

The House of Representatives this week will begin acting on a bill that would limit Americans’ access to lifesaving medicines, impede the development of new treatments for deadly and debilitating diseases, and increase health spending over the long term. The Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 (H.R. 3), introduced last week with the backing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would double … [Read more...] about Why Pelosi’s Drug Price Control Scheme Would Be a Poison Pill to Innovation and Access

Filed Under: Doug Badger

Why Pelosi’s Drug Price Control Scheme Is a Prescription for Disaster

POSTED BY Doug Badger on September 17, 2019.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly readying a plan that could limit Americans’ access to lifesaving medicines and impede the development of new treatments for deadly and debilitating diseases. Her plan, a summary of which was leaked last week, would double down on the failures of existing government policies that have contributed to higher health care costs.   It would … [Read more...] about Why Pelosi’s Drug Price Control Scheme Is a Prescription for Disaster

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Health Insurance, The Daily Signal

Good and Bad Ideas in the Senate’s Medicare Drug Bill

POSTED BY Doug Badger on August 28, 2019.

Responding to popular anxiety over prescription drug prices, the Senate Finance Committee last month approved a bill to restructure the Medicare prescription drug benefit.   The bill is part of broader congressional and administration efforts to address rising health care costs, one in which lawmakers are laying aside partisan differences to seek constructive solutions.  The … [Read more...] about Good and Bad Ideas in the Senate’s Medicare Drug Bill

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Health Insurance, Medicare, The Daily Signal

How Health Care Premiums Are Declining in States That Seek Relief from Obamacare’s Mandates

POSTED BY Doug Badger on August 13, 2019.

Galen Senior Fellow Doug Badger has a new paper out this week, published by The Heritage Foundation, showing how a few states that gained waivers to escape some of Obamacare’s expensive, restrictive mandates are helping to lower health insurance premiums for their residents. In his new paper, “How Health Care Premiums Are Declining in States That Seek Relief from Obamacare’s … [Read more...] about How Health Care Premiums Are Declining in States That Seek Relief from Obamacare’s Mandates

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Health Insurance, ObamaCare, State Issues

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