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Tackling Hospital Consolidation, a Key Driver of Health Costs

POSTED BY Galen Institute on September 21, 2023.

Consolidation of large hospitals and health systems is on the political and policy radar screens of both Republicans and Democrats, offering a rare opportunity for action in a polarized Congress. Janet Trautwein, who heads the National Assn. of Benefits and Insurance Professionals, explains how consolidation harms patients in “Healthcare Concentration Is Far From What the Doctor … [Read more...] about Tackling Hospital Consolidation, a Key Driver of Health Costs

Filed Under: Grace-Marie Turner, Published, RealClearHealth

Medicare Drugs on Chopping Block

POSTED BY Galen Institute on August 22, 2023.

The Biden administration is expected to announce, by Sept. 1, the first 10 prescription drugs it will target in its newly authorized drug price “negotiation” regime. Under the Inflation Reduction Act (more properly dubbed the Innovation Reduction Act), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will announce the 10 drugs under Medicare Part D that the agency will subject to its … [Read more...] about Medicare Drugs on Chopping Block

Filed Under: Grace-Marie Turner, The Daily Signal

Progress On PATIENT CHOICE

POSTED BY Galen Institute on June 30, 2023.

The House is advancing realistic and much-needed health reform initiatives.  Here is my piece in RealClearPolicy with more detail:For the first time in nearly six years, health reform legislation that’s friendly to patient choice, transparency, and market competition has passed the House of Representatives.It was nearly six years ago when late Sen. John McCain tragically gave a … [Read more...] about Progress On PATIENT CHOICE

Filed Under: Grace-Marie Turner, RealClearPolicy

Sanders’ Insulin Hearing — GMT for RealClearPolicy

POSTED BY Galen Institute on May 8, 2023.

Questions for Chairman Sanders  | By Grace-Marie Turner | RealClearPolicy, May 8, 2023 | Insulin costs will move center stage this week when top executives of three leading manufacturers of the drug will testify before Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) during a hearing on lowering insulin costs.  If the committee’s failed … [Read more...] about Sanders’ Insulin Hearing — GMT for RealClearPolicy

Filed Under: Published, RealClearPolicy

New Treatments for Obesity

POSTED BY Galen Institute on March 22, 2023.

by Grace-Marie Turner | Published March 20, 2023 at RealClearHealth | Obesity is a serious health problem for millions of Americans and for our nation where 42% of US adults are living with obesity.  The association with other chronic conditions, including heart disease, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes, is incontrovertible.  Obesity also has been identified as … [Read more...] about New Treatments for Obesity

Filed Under: Grace-Marie Turner, Medicare, Prescription Drugs, Published, RealClearHealth

The Lawlessness Continues

POSTED BY Galen Institute on October 14, 2022.

The Biden administration is doing everything it can to impose its progressive will on Americans through the regulatory process, going beyond what could pass even the compliant Democrat-controlled Congress. Student loans: Voters are rightly outraged over the Biden administration’s student loan “forgiveness” program that, with a stroke of a pen, will cost taxpayers more than $400 billion and … [Read more...] about The Lawlessness Continues

Filed Under: Grace-Marie Turner, Newsletter

Grace-Marie Turner Interview on “Point of View”

POSTED BY Galen Institute on August 6, 2022.

Grace-Marie Turner was interviewed on Point of View with host Dr. Merrill Matthews discussing the current debate over health policy provisions in the Manchin-Schumer reconciliation bill. … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner Interview on “Point of View”

Filed Under: Health Insurance

Doubling Down on a Bad Idea

POSTED BY Galen Institute on July 19, 2022.

Why Congress Shouldn’t Increase Obamacare Spending | By Doug Badger, The Daily Signal | July 18, 2022 | Senate Democrats want to salvage some of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better spending bill, and extending Obamacare health insurance subsidies is a top priority Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., whose support is crucial to Democrats’ passing the legislative package, reportedly has agreed … [Read more...] about Doubling Down on a Bad Idea

Filed Under: Doug Badger, The Daily Signal

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