The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken steps to increase states’ ability to reform their individual and small group health insurance markets, and a coalition of health policy experts has provided comments supporting a proposed rule that would codify the agency’s more flexible guidance. Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act permits the secretaries of Health and Human … [Read more...] about Coalition Supports State Flexibility Rules
One In Four Medicaid $$ Spent Illegally—Blase And Dublois In NRO
Improper Medicaid Payments Have Soared since Obamacare By Brian Blase & Hayden DubloisNational Review, December 9, 2020 A recent report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reveals astronomical improper spending in Medicaid that should alarm all Americans.The rate of improper payment in Medicaid, the nation’s third largest government program, … [Read more...] about One In Four Medicaid $$ Spent Illegally—Blase And Dublois In NRO
Alarming & Unlawful Medicaid Spending: Brian Blase In NY Post
Medicaid is hemorrhaging $100B on Americans ineligible for the program By Brian BlaseNew York Post, November 28, 202 States are facing alarming costs for their shares of Medicaid spending, and a new report helps explain why: the government—both in Washington and in state capitols across the country—is failing to ensure that only those who are eligible for benefits are … [Read more...] about Alarming & Unlawful Medicaid Spending: Brian Blase In NY Post
Health Care Choices 20/20
Americans have said for decades that health care and insurance cost too much and that they feel like cogs in our vast health care system with little control over choices and spending. And for too long, the “solutions” Washington has offered have led to fewer choices, more government control, and vastly more taxpayer spending that further fuels rising health costs. The Health Policy Consensus … [Read more...] about Health Care Choices 20/20
Debate Advice for the President—Santorum and Blase in The Hill
Embed from Getty Images Trump’s Health Care Plan President Trump should tout his significant achievements on health care in tonight’s debate, two key policymakers argue in an op-ed today in The Hill. “President Trump has a final opportunity to defend this record and explain his actions to fix problems with ObamaCare and improve the broader health system,” write former Sen. Rick Santorum and … [Read more...] about Debate Advice for the President—Santorum and Blase in The Hill
Health Benefits Transformation—New Brian Blase paper
For nearly two decades, health savings accounts (HSAs) have helped people use tax-preferred dollars for health care spending and save for future medical expenses. They also are a central element in health sector reform by creating incentives for cost-conscious consumers to search for value. This in turn motivates medical providers to improve quality and efficiency. While HSAs are … [Read more...] about Health Benefits Transformation—New Brian Blase paper
Medicare Blocks Innovation—Brian Blase research
Galen Senior Fellow Brian Blase looks to the future in a new paper describing a medical innovation that can improve health care productivity—largely through more accurate, timely, and affordable diagnoses—and expand access to care by more efficiently deploying specialists’ time and making tests less expensive. In a new analysis, “Properly Incentivizing Health Care Innovation & A Case Study … [Read more...] about Medicare Blocks Innovation—Brian Blase research
Warnings about Medicaid Expansion
States that have resisted expanding their Medicaid programs have witnessed the soaring costs in other states and the adverse impact on vulnerable patients already on the program who must compete for providers with expansion enrollees. As legislators prepare for their upcoming sessions, the Galen Institute and the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) have partnered in offering … [Read more...] about Warnings about Medicaid Expansion