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Retaliation? Tennessee Board Raises CON Application Fees 400 Percent
Opinion -Tennessee's certificate of need (CON) application review board raises fees by 400 percent, apparently responding to lawmakers' CON law reforms. -
Obamacare Premiums Projected to Rise by 8 Percent in California
Opinion -Covered California, the State of California’s health insurance exchange, projects insurance premiums in the state will rise by about 8 percent in 2017, plus an additional 5 percent per year through 2020. -
GOP Prepares Release of Plan to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
Opinion -As the 2016 Republican presidential primary race moves toward the party’s national convention in Cleveland on July 18—the deadline House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave the Health Care Reform Task Force to propose a plan to repeal and replace the -
Health Care Price Transparency Law Clears Missouri Senate
Opinion -The Missouri Senate has approved a bill that would require the state to publicize health care costs. The state’s House of Representatives is currently considering the legislation. On February 18, Senate Bill 608, sponsored by state Sen. -
Surgeon Posts Prices Online to Improve Transparency, Competition
Opinion -An Oklahoma City surgeon has found a unique way to explain to patients the true costs of their health care: He tells them. Dr. Keith Smith posts prices for surgical procedures performed at his practice, the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. -
Single Payer
Opinion -The nature of a lie is such that if you repeat it enough it takes on a life of its own, always at the expense of truth. So it is with lies spoken in defense of single-payer health care, also known as national health care. -
State Drug Price Controls Backfire
Opinion -Politicians in Washington, DC and state capitols across the country have claimed the remedy for high-priced prescription drugs is to be found in enacting price controls on medications sold to senior citizens.