The 2009 HITECH Act authorized billions of taxpayers’ dollars be spent to pay hospitals and physicians “incentives” to adopt EHRs. The 2009…
Lankford Introduces Legislation Giving Congressional Authority to Interstate Health Care Compact
By John Graham
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In February, Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) introduced legislation (H.J.Res.110) that would give Congressional approval to states entering the Health Care Compact. This…
What to make of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ notice that it will pay out retroactive ObamaCare premium tax credits…
So far, Maine has resisted the temptation to grab new federal Medicaid dollars dangled by ObamaCare. So far, Maine has resisted the…
In the Wall Street Journal this week, Dr. Scott Gottlieb discussed (gated, by subscription only) a worrying trend in the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of…
Late Friday, after the stock market closed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed n Late Friday, after the…
Long Term, Health Spending on State and Local Government Workers Outpaces Medicaid
By John Graham
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In a previous post I reported that health benefits for government workers cost 40 percent more than benefits for private-sector workers. This extra…
Three Republican Senators have released a health-care reform proposal that has attracted much attention. One of the three, Orrin Hatch, is likely…
"I Felt Like a Hostage": Towards a Solution for Medical Price Transparency
By John Graham
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I recently wrote an article critical of a business groups’ approach to improving transparency of prices for medical and hospital procedures. However,…