Opinion
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CMS Cracks Down on States’ Abuse of Supplemental Medicaid Payments
Opinion -News -The Trump administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on supplemental Medicaid payments to states, to improve monitoring and enforcement of Medicaid spending. -
Vaping-Related Illnesses Attributed to Black-Market THC
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Legal, regulated vaping products aren't the problem -
Michigan Medicaid Work Rules Stalled by Lawsuit
Opinion -News -Michigan’s Medicaid work rules, set to begin in January 2020, are under attack as four enrollees filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the requirement violates the intent of the federal Medicaid Act of 1965, among other charges. -
Michigan Governor Calls for Delay of Medicaid Work Requirements
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Saying it is the “most reasonable thing to do,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a delay of the state’s Medicaid work requirements, which are set to go into effect on New Year’s Day. -
New York Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York state Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager dismissed a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General (AG) Letitia James against ExxonMobil. -
South Carolina Physicians Call for Market-Based Reforms
Opinion -News -The South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA) has approved resolutions to support three reforms that would expand the quantity and quality of health care in their state. -
Ohio Considers ‘Social Impact Bonds’ for Public Health Challenges
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague is proposing to turn to the private sector and local governments to help deal with two of the state’s most troubling health care challenges: infant mortality and opioid drug addiction. -
Tax Foundation Report Assesses Economic Damage of ‘Carbon Taxes’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Revenue from taxes on carbon-dioxide emissions could be redistributed in various ways -
The Miracle of the Free Market
Opinion -Editorial -One of the great fallacies arrogantly believed in by those in political power is the notion that they can know enough to manage and command the lives of everyone in society with better results than if people are left to live their lives as they choose. -
Block Government Patient I.D.s, Organizations Ask Senate
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Government should not fund a patient identification center, say 22 organizations. -
Google Data Partnership with Insurer Raises Patient Privacy Concerns
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Under fire from consumers, privacy experts, and regulators, Google is defending its data-sharing partnership with insurer Ascension Health, saying it will treat private patient data “with the respect that it deserves.” -
Trump Administration Proposes New Health Care Transparency Rules
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Vowing to help patients get accurate estimates of the costs of health care services before receiving treatment, -
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Takes Initiative to ‘Save Our States’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -OCPA has become a trusted source for fact-based public policy analysis in the Sooner State, fighting for free-market principles and greater opportunity. -
Congress Considers Bills to Address Doctor Residency Shortage
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Lawmakers in Congress have introduced bills to add 1,000 new hospital residencies over the next five years to combat a national physician shortage intensified by the opioid crisis. -
FDA Nominee Grilled about Agency’s Drug Approval Process
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The U.S. Senate considers the nomination of Stephen Hahn to head the FDA. -
Beacon Hill Institute’s Tax Analysis Modeling Program Brings Results
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Profile of a partner organization in the freedom movement -
Interview: Air Ambulance Access Under Threat from Congress
Opinion -health-care-news, News -In response to public outcry over “surprise medical bills,” Congress is considering the Lower Health Care Costs Act, reported out of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee -
Policy Institute Profiles: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a nonprofit public policy organization with a mission to promote both freedom and fairness by making good policy into smart politics. -
Wyoming Requests Medicaid Pay for All Air Ambulance Flights
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Wyoming, a state with expansive plains and a sparse population, is working on a plan through the Section 1115 waiver process to have the federal government cover air ambulance transportation through Medicaid for all state residents, regardless of income. -
Strike Against GM Ends, UAW President Resigns Amid Corruption Probe
Opinion -budget-tax-news -GM lost billions, and workers gained little. -
Federal Judge Orders CMS to End Site-Neutral Reimbursement Policy
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Reaffirming her earlier ruling against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) site-neutral pay policy, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer on October 21 rejected CMS’s request that it be allowed to develop its own remedy. -
Wasserman’s Twisted Tale About the Austrian School of Economics
Opinion -Editorial -The Austrian School of Economics has been one of the most original and insightful approaches to economic understanding over the last century and a half. -
President’s Executive Order Increases Freedom Under Medicare—But There’s More to Be Done
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -President Trump, thank you very much for Section 11, Maximizing Freedom for Medicare Patients and Providers, of your Executive Order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors. -
Policy Institute Profiles: Institute for Policy Innovation
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Institute for Policy Innovation was created in 1987 to analyze and promote pro-growth economic policies, stressing the importance of free markets, low taxes, and limited government.
