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Biden Seeks To Build On Many Of Trump’s Health Care Policies

POSTED BY Galen Institute on July 20, 2021.

On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order designed to promote competition throughout the American economy. Most of the Biden administration’s health-related proposals in this order either build on policies implemented by the Trump administration or are consistent with Trump administration direction. Republicans should work to support many of the reforms, particularly … [Read more...] about Biden Seeks To Build On Many Of Trump’s Health Care Policies

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Forbes

Bundled Payment For Dialysis Patients Can Block Access To Innovative Treatments

POSTED BY Galen Institute on June 3, 2021.

by Grace-Marie Turner | Forbes | June 1, 2020 | Bundled payments are a good idea, until they aren’t—for patients. The idea of paying a combined price rather than piecemeal for a routine medical treatment or procedure has gained traction as a way of driving efficiency. You wouldn’t want to buy a car by ordering a carburetor, ignition, fuel tank, braking system, etc. But when the government … [Read more...] about Bundled Payment For Dialysis Patients Can Block Access To Innovative Treatments

Filed Under: Forbes, Grace-Marie Turner

Destructive New Subsidies

POSTED BY Doug Badger on May 26, 2021.

Obamacare Subsidies: Six Reasons Congress Should Not Make Temporary Increases Permanent By Doug BadgerThe Heritage Foundation, May 26, 2021 The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act spent an estimated $90 billion on free health insurance for the unemployed and on temporarily increasing Obamacare premium subsidies.  That temporary expansion made some of the nation’s highest-paid workers … [Read more...] about Destructive New Subsidies

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Published, The Heritage Foundation

The “Family Glitch” Administrative Fix Under Consideration By The Biden Administration Remains Both Illegal And Harmful

POSTED BY Galen Institute on May 13, 2021.

by Brian Blase | Forbes | The Galen Institute released a short analysis I conducted explaining why an administrative fix to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) so-called family glitch would be both illegal and harmful. Dania Palanker, with the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, criticized the analysis I conducted, saying it was not based on the administrative fix the Biden … [Read more...] about The “Family Glitch” Administrative Fix Under Consideration By The Biden Administration Remains Both Illegal And Harmful

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Forbes

The benefits of government requiring health care price transparency

POSTED BY Galen Institute on May 12, 2021.

by Brian Blase | The Hill | One major difference between the health care sector and other economic sectors is the opacity and complexity of prices for medical goods and services. While in other sectors, prices for similar goods or services are generally analogous, health care prices can vary widely depending on where the service is received and who is paying. For this reason, shopping in … [Read more...] about The benefits of government requiring health care price transparency

Filed Under: Brian Blase, The Hill

Misplaced Trust on Mask Mandates

POSTED BY Galen Institute on April 29, 2021.

The CDC and mask mandates: Unmasking the truth | By Norbert Michel and Doug Badger | April 27, 2021, National Interest  | How reliable are government declarations that mask mandates prevent the spread of the coronavirus? Not very, as a new article by Norbert Michel and Doug Badger in National Interest demonstrates. With the Center for Disease Control’s announcement this week that it’s … [Read more...] about Misplaced Trust on Mask Mandates

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Published

The High Cost of Drug Price Controls

POSTED BY Galen Institute on April 28, 2021.

By Grace-Marie Turner | RealClearHealth | April 28, 2021 The debate over expanding government control of our health sector should have ended during the Covid-19 pandemic: Where there have been failures in responding to the crisis, it has been a failure of big government—such as the Center for Disease Control’s arrogant and clumsy insistence on controlling early development of testing … [Read more...] about The High Cost of Drug Price Controls

Filed Under: Prescription Drugs, Published, RealClearHealth

Don’t Attack Innovation

POSTED BY Galen Institute on April 20, 2021.

“Pharmaceutical Innovation is Winning the War on COVID-19.  Biden Shouldn’t Disarm.” | By Doug Badger | Chicago Tribune, April 17, 2021 The Biden administration is launching what amounts to a federal assault against pharmaceutical innovation—innovation that led to the historic feat of producing vaccines against COVID-19 in record time. President Biden would impose federal price controls on … [Read more...] about Don’t Attack Innovation

Filed Under: Doug Badger, Published

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