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Medicare Cuts Physician Reimbursements
Medicare has cut payments to doctors for 2024 by 1.25 percent due to a 3.34 percent reduction in the “conversion factor” used to calculate...
Site-Neutral Medicare Payments Could Save a Patient $1,500—Study
A breast cancer patient could save $1,500 per year in out-of-pocket costs if Medicare reimbursed hospitals and independent health care providers equally for the...
Slowdown in Medicare Spending—Real or Imagined?
For reasons not entirely clear, Medicare spending since 2011 has fallen below Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.
The New York Times (NYT) ran articles on...
Medicare Cuts Loom–Time to Modernize – Commentary
President Biden and former President Trump have made the same promise to voters: they won’t touch Social Security or Medicare.
That’s not merely disappointing. It’s...
Market Solutions to Fix Medicare Insolvency
A range of plans and studies proposing ways to stave off the insolvency of Medicare, the nation’s primary health care program for seniors and...
Bipartisan Deal Removes Medicare Loophole
With Medicare facing insolvency before the end of the decade, a bipartisan trio of senators is proposing savings by reforming the sprawling program’s billing...
Medicare Will Require a Payroll Tax Hike—Trustees Report
President Biden suggests raising Medicare taxes on higher-income households. “Biden’s proposal to raise taxes to address Medicare’s future financial problem ignores how progressive Medicare taxes already are.”
CMS Makes Adjustments, as Medicare Heads for Insolvency
CMS makes adjustments that lower seniors' Medicare premiums, and cuts payments to physicians in 2023 that Congress could reverse.
CMS Makes Adjustments, as Medicare Heads...
Medicare Prescription Drugs: A Case Study in Government Failure – Commentary
How does Medicare stand up against private, free-market coverage with similar benefits? Let’s examine drug coverage, since Congress just acted on Medicare’s prescription drug benefits.
A Better Way to Address Medicare Rx Price Complaints – Commentary
Give seniors better access to plans that integrate pharmaceutical and medical coverage. Medicare is the only place in our health care system where plans that sell drug coverage are separate from plans that cover medical expenses.
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Assembly-Line Medicine Weakens Doctor-Patient Relationships, Patients’ Health – Interview
Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage...
Yes, Vote, but Resist the Political Illusion with Elections- Commentary
By John Stonestreet and Glenn Sunshine
Though all elections have consequences—some more than others—they are moments in time. As such, they reflect more than they...
Guidebook Helps Seniors Avoid Costly Mistakes During Medicare Enrollment
Medicare’s annual enrollment period has begun and to help seniors make decisions they will not regret, the non-profit policy organization, the Citizens' Council for...
