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Reform the Federal-State Medicaid Partnership to Better Help Those in Need and Save Money

POSTED BY Brian Blase | The Daily Signal on February 12, 2020.

President Donald Trump’s budget includes Medicaid reforms that would restore accountability and improve the federal-state partnership.  Predictably, the left is on the attack, contending that these “cuts” would harm the poor and vulnerable.  In fact, the president’s proposals would reduce improper federal spending, which now exceeds $75 billion annually, preserve public resources … [Read more...] about Reform the Federal-State Medicaid Partnership to Better Help Those in Need and Save Money

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Health Insurance, The Daily Signal

A Better Solution to Surprise Medical Billing

POSTED BY Galen Institute on February 11, 2020.

Congress is right to be concerned about the issue of surprise medical billing.  It’s unfair to patients who play by the rules, go to their insurer’s in-network facility for care, and months later receive a bill from an out-of-network provider, sometimes costing patients thousands of dollars in unexpected medical bills.  Surprise bills are especially unfair to patients in emergency … [Read more...] about A Better Solution to Surprise Medical Billing

Filed Under: Forbes, Grace-Marie Turner, Health Insurance

What You Should Know about the Uninsured

POSTED BY Doug Badger and Jamie Bryan Hall 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

How price transparency would revolutionize healthcare

POSTED BY Brian Blase | The New York Post on October 12, 2019.

In his recent speech on health care, President Trump highlighted a proposed rule that hospitals make their prices public. It’s time for hospitals to comply. Transparency will likely lead to lower prices and a reduction in health care spending. Many policy experts dismiss the importance of price transparency in health care. Skeptics argue that because health insurance insulates … [Read more...] about How price transparency would revolutionize healthcare

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Health Insurance, New York Post

Surprise Billing Answers

POSTED BY Grace-Marie Turner on October 11, 2019.

One item on voters’ short list for congressional action is addressing the growing problem of surprise medical bills. Insured patients should be confident that if they receive care at a facility that is in their health plan’s network or have a medical emergency, they will be responsible only for their share of the plan’s negotiated rates.  But all too often, a patient receives a bill … [Read more...] about Surprise Billing Answers

Filed Under: Forbes, Health Insurance

Transparent Prices Will Help Consumers and Employers Reduce Health Spending

POSTED BY Brian Blase on September 27, 2019.

In this new paper, Galen Senior Fellow Brian Blase explains that greater transparency in health care pricing will help employers to offer better payment structures for their employees and give employees and other consumers more tools to get better value in health spending.  Price transparency should also will give employers the ability to monitor insurer effectiveness and eliminate … [Read more...] about Transparent Prices Will Help Consumers and Employers Reduce Health Spending

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Health Insurance

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

Health Reform Progress Beyond Repeal and Replace

POSTED BY Brian Blase on September 7, 2019.

From the start of 2017 through the fall of that year, Congress labored to pass legislation to replace large parts of the Affordable Care Act. Ultimately, political obstacles proved insurmountable, and Congress was unable to enact a health reform bill. Soon after that failure, President Trump signed an executive order promoting health care choice and competition and directing the administration to … [Read more...] about Health Reform Progress Beyond Repeal and Replace

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Health Insurance

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