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ID Verification for Entitlements Can Save $1 Trillion a Year, CEO Tells Congress
Simply verifying recipients’ identification could save $1 trillion in entitlement spending per year, LexisNexis Special Services CEO Haywood Talcove told a congressional committee. “Between federal, state, and local government, you can save one trillion dollars a year by simply putting in front-end identity verification, eliminating self-certification, and monitoring the back-end of the programs that are…
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What Should Republicans Do About Medicaid? – Commentary
Republicans are in a bind. To give substance to their new budget bill, they need to cut Medicaid spending by billions of dollars. Yet the White House and many congressional Republicans insist that they do not want to cut Medicaid benefits. Here is where the Department of Government Efficiency can come to the rescue. In mainstream…
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Medicaid Improper Payments Estimate: $1.1 Trillion
Medicaid issued approximately $1.1 trillion in improper payments over the past decade, double the agency’s stated amount, the Paragon Health Institute estimates. “Cracking down on improper payments is a necessary first step that could provide hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid savings for federal taxpayers,” states the March 3 policy brief based on examination…
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HHS Secretary Pledges to End Conflicts of Interest at Health Agencies
In his welcoming remarks at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the agency’s employees it is time for a new era of “radical transparency” in dealing with the public. Newly confirmed by a 52-48 Senate vote, Kennedy embraced the spirit of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…
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Panelists Offer Ways to Reform Health Care Without a Political Fight
Offering people money instead of social programs and market regulations can help lawmakers get health care budgets under control without a huge political fight, said panelists during a public forum on February 12. “Who is the best judge of value? People,” said David Hyman, M.D., J.D., a Cato scholar and law professor at Georgetown University…
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Truly Voluntary Medicare Will Bring Down Health Costs for All – Interviews
As Congress grapples with how to cut health care spending by $880 billion in the next budget, one move that could permanently bring down costs in both the public and private sectors is to decouple Medicare from Social Security, says Twila Brase, president, and co-founder of the Citizens Council for Health Freedom. Brase spoke with…
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Measles Outbreak Sparks National Concern
A limited outbreak of measles in Texas has received nearly daily media attention, with 200 cases confirmed as of March 10 and one child and one adult having died with the disease. Alarm grew after a case not associated with the Texas outbreak was confirmed in Maryland. The patient had recently traveled internationally through Washington…
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Seasonal Influenza Levels Remain Elevated, CDC Reports
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the current winter presented unusually high flu risk. The winter was “classified as a high severity season overall and for all age groups (children, adults, older adults) and is the first high severity season since 2017-2018,” the agency of the Department of Health and Human Services…
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State AGs Take Legal Action Against Fauci in Wake of Pardon
Attorneys general from 17 states are preparing to take legal action against Dr. Anthony Fauci for his conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a February 5 letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the state AGs offered their cooperation in further investigations of the nation’s response to COVID-19…
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Government Policies Have Made Americans Anti-Vaxx – Commentary
By John Droz Jr. on the history of vaccine policy. On March 2, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a “call to action” after the death of a child with measles in Texas. Kennedy urged parents to consult with their physicians about the MMR vaccine, which covers mumps, measles, and rubella,…
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