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Medicare Funding Shenanigans
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #323Today will bring the latest report from the Medicare trustees on the program’s solvency, or lack thereof. -
Medicare Expands Competitive Bidding Program for Devices
Opinion -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced plans to expand the controversial competitive bidding program for medical devices which has to this point been a pilot project. -
Research & Commentary: Medicare Competitive Bidding
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The policy centerpiece of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget proposal this year is his Medicare reform. -
Why Medicare’s Pilot Programs Failed
Opinion -The failure of Medicare’s demonstration projects to reduce the costs of care has been the subject of much disappointment in the health policy world. Recall that these are critical to President Obama’s challenge “To find out what works and then go do it. -
Controversial Seven-State Medicare Bidding Program Set to Expand
Opinion -A year after a controversial new procurement system was introduced, many Medicare beneficiaries are facing difficulties or delays as providers are squeezed by dramatically lower prices on lifesaving durable medical equipment and services. -
Senators Offer Blueprint for Comprehensive Medicare Reform
Opinion -Republican Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina have unveiled a new comprehensive blueprint for Medicare reform in Washington, DC. -
California Prepares to Eliminate Medicare Advantage Plans for 113,000
Opinion -In a situation which may soon be emulated across the country, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in California are being told they cannot keep their plans even if they like them. -
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The Leaflet: Heartland Uncovers Shocking Medicare Wasteful Spending
Publication -The Leaflet -As you may already know, The Heartland Institute produces and sends out six monthly newspapers addressing the major domestic public policy issues to every national and state elected official in the U.S. -
Poorly Designed Medicare Auctions Could Disrupt Device Marketplace
Opinion -Auctions for contracts to sell durable medical equipment under Medicare may have design flaws that will lead to prices too low for market stability, some consumer advocates warn. -
Medicare’s Flawed Bundled Payment Experiment
Opinion -For several years now, scholars have been calling for a radical change in how Medicare pays doctors and hospitals. -
Medicare Bidding Process Will Hurt Doctors, Patients
Opinion -A poorly designed set of changes to Medicare announced earlier this month could have serious negative consequences as it hits home here in the Washington, D.C., area. -
Business, Consumer Groups Demand Reforms to Medicare Competitive Bidding
Opinion -Medical device makers and consumer groups are demanding reform of Medicare’s new competitive bidding program, as patients are already reporting problems receiving home medical equipment and services prescribed by their physicians. -
More Private Insurers Using Medicare Rates for Out-of-Network Payments
Opinion -Patients may start having to pay more money out of pocket for health care if they do not pay attention to their insurers’ pricing policies. -
Value-Based Purchasing in Medicare May Hurt Patients
Opinion -As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases details about its new reimbursement plan under President Obama’s health care law, fresh concerns are arising regarding the concept of value-based purchasing of health-care services, which may -
Medicare Part D Isn’t Broke So Don’t Fix it
Opinion -Only in Washington could you get traction with a saying like, “if it ain’t broke, fix it anyway. -
Controversial Board Set to Cut Medicare Payments
Opinion -In an April speech to the nation on budgetary issues, President Obama proposed strengthening one of the more controversial boards created under his health care law as a deficit reduction measure. -
The End of Medicare?
Opinion -Is this “the end of progressive government?” asks E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post. Do Republicans intend to break “America’s promise to seniors and to the poor?” asks Jon Cohn in The New Republic. -
#272: Medicare’s Accelerating Tsunami
Opinion -The annual report from Medicare Trustees is on nobody’s Spring reading list, but it probably should be. -
Ten Things You Should Know About Medicare
Opinion -President Obama and his allies ominously warn that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan would "end Medicare as we know it."But if you're under age 65, there's a good chance you know very little about Medicare. -
Coming Medicare Bidding Changes Could Harm Patients
Opinion -A well-intentioned but poorly designed set of changes to Medicare could have serious negative consequences when it hits home in many major areas of Ohio just a few months from now. -
Seniors Will Bear Costs of Medicare Advantage Cuts
Opinion -The cost of ObamaCare will be quite high for some people. -
Coburn Introduces Legislation to Stop Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Opinion -Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma and a physician, has introduced new legislation targeting the multibillion-dollar challenge of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. -
Research & Commentary: Bipartisan Support for State-Led Effort Against Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Publication -Research and Commentaries -President Barack Obama's February Blair House summit made little difference in the push toward national health care reform, but an increasingly popular idea for cutting costs was raised by Sen. -
Health Care Legislation Turns Medicare Into Slush Fund
Opinion -President Obama has repeatedly pledged never to sign any proposal that would “add one dime” to the federal deficit, yet he and Congress are finding it impossible to cover millions of uninsured Americans without increasing deficit spending or
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