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CMS Allows Medicare Advantage Plans to Expand
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A new rule announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow providers of Medicare Advantage plans to expand the kinds of benefits they offer so they can compete more with each other and attract more participants overall. -
CMS Offers Flat-Fee Payment Model for Medicare Providers
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Trump administration is trying to help lower Medicare costs by offering primary care doctors a flat fee instead of the fee-for-service model currently in place. -
Upcoming Medicare Insolvency Poses Big Challenges for Government, Individuals
Opinion -News -Medicare’s assets will be depleted by 2026, the 2019 Medicare Board of Trustees Annual Report states. -
Why “Medicare for All” Is a Pipe Dream
Opinion -Editorial -Medicare has already become a system to be gamed. -
House Bills Propose Medicare to Negotiate Prescription Drug Prices
Opinion -health-care-news -Congressional Democrats and one Republican are proposing a package of bills they say will lower drug prices, including a measure giving Medicare more power to set drug prices. -
Obamacare Ruling Puts Focus on Medicare for All
Opinion -health-care-news -A federal judge ruled in favor of a state-led coalition arguing that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional following the repeal of the individual mandate. -
Policy Groups Ask Trump to Allow Medicare Opt-Out
Opinion -health-care-news -Forty organizations have sent President Donald Trump a letter asking him to revoke what they characterize as an unfair and illegal Medicare rule previously imposed by executive fiat. -
Increase in Medicare Advantage Plans Means Lower Prices for Beneficiaries
Opinion -health-care-news -Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, government-funded private health plans millions of seniors have chosen as an alternative to the original Medicare, is projected to increase again in 2018, lowering out-of-pocket costs to beneficiaries. -
Study: ‘Medicare for All’ Would Cost $32.6 Trillion Over First 10 Years
Opinion -health-care-news -Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I–VT) plan for a national, single-payer health insurance system, known as “Medicare for All,” would cost $32.6 trillion over its first 10 years, according to a new study by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. -
Medicare For All Would Be A Fiscal Nightmare
Opinion -Editorial -As the 2018 midterm elections approach, growing numbers of progressive candidates have endorsed a single-payer health insurance program that will supposedly cover all Americans and deliver better medical care than our current health care system. -
Medicaid, Medicare Contribute to Rise in Opioid Abuse, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies share some responsibility for the rise of opioid abuse, a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports. -
Comment in Response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Call for Comments on Re-approval for Kentucky’s Medicaid Waiver
Publication -Testimony -In this comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Matthew Glans and Charlie Katebi write in support of re-authorizing Kentucky's Medicaid work requirement waiver. -
Comment in Support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims
Publication -Testimony -In this comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Matthew Glans writes in support of a proposed rule that would end the ability of states to skim Medicaid dollars from -
California Democrats Press for ‘Medicare for All’
Opinion -Current California Gov. Gavin Newsom says single-payer health care will be a key issue in his campaign for governor, and numerous Democratic Assembly and Senate candidates have established single-payer as a key plank in their races. -
Michigan Democrat Governor Hopeful Pushes ‘Medicare for All’
Opinion -Michigan Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he wants to impose single-payer health care statewide, to be called “Michicare: Medicare for All.” -
‘Medicare for All’ Single-Payer Bills Proposed in Congress
Opinion -health-care-news -Congressional Democrats are lining up behind several bills that would create a nationwide single-payer health care system by expanding Medicare eligibility to include all U.S. residents. -
Bad Medicine: How Politicians Jack Up Medicaid and Medicare Prices
Opinion -Editorial -The other day a reporter asked me to explain why the government cannot negotiate the price of Medicare drugs lower than private drug plans run by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). -
Support Grows For Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Bill
Opinion -health-care-news -Congressional Democrats are lining up behind legislation that would set prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. -
Taxpayers Overpaid for 82 Percent of Medicare Chiropractor Bills
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Most of the payments were not justified. -
Roadmap for the 21st Century: Social Security and Medicare
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Roadmap paper describes how personal savings and investment accounts could entirely eliminate the unfunded liabilities of Social Security – and eventually Medicare. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Offer Roadmap for Social Security and Medicare Solvency
Opinion -Editorial -"With the freedom to choose personal savings, investment, and insurance accounts for Social Security, a proven reform in the real world, this paper shows that middle-income Americans would be empowered to retire as millionaires" - Peter Ferrara -
Consumer Coalition Urges Congress to Deny Obama Tax Raid of Medicare Part D
Opinion -health-care-news -A coalition of 26 groups have asked Congress not to alter what they view as one of Medicare's lone successes. -
Research & Commentary: ‘Rebate’ Would Undermine Successful Medicare Part D Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines Medicare Part D and the proposed changes to the competitive-bidding process from various perspectives. -
Medicare-Age Patient to Mr. Trump: Let’s Make a Deal
Opinion -Mr. Trump has been castigated for saying that if the government goes bankrupt, he’d get creditors to accept less. That is standard operating procedure for businesses.
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