Health CareCommentary
Boehner-Pelosi Medicare ‘Reform’ Adds to National Debt
Why are Republicans cutting a deal with Nancy Pelosi to throw an extra $400 billion onto the national debt and calling it entitlement reform? This… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why Congress Must Take the Time to Do Medicare Doctor Payments Right
Unless Congress can find a way around it, come April 1, Medicare physicians will suffer a 21 percent payment reduction. Congress is scrambling to head… Read More
Health CareNews
The Debate Over How to Pay Medicare Doctors, Explained in 75 Seconds
The latest debate on Capitol Hill has created an unlikely alliance between the House’s most powerful Democratic and Republican lawmakers, and it centers on a… Read More
Health CareNews
Report: Boehner-Pelosi Replacement for Medicare Payments Would Increase Debt by $400 Billion Over 20 Years
Specific details of a plan to replace how Medicare doctors are paid has yet to be released. But, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Doc Fix Deal House GOP Is Backing Would Increase the Deficit
The House Republican congressional leadership is poised to announce a major “deal” with House Democrats on repealing the troublesome “Sustainable Growth Rate” (SGR) formula for… Read More
Health CareNews
‘Be Honest’: Lawmakers Criticize Boehner-Pelosi Medicare Plan for Adding to Deficit
Conservative lawmakers today expressed their dismay toward a deal forged between the House’s Republican and Democratic leaders that would replace a long-criticized formula determining the… Read More
Health CareNews
Why Conservative Groups Oppose John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi’s Plan for Medicare Payments
House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi find themselves in an unlikely alliance this week as they prepare to roll out a plan… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress Is About to Impose Another Unfunded Mandate on Doctors
Doctors in their day-to-day practice already face a mound of federal regulations. Now, starting Oct. 1, doctors will face a new unfunded mandate as they… Read More
Health CareCommentary
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Rush to Change Doctors’ Medicare Payments
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has unveiled a major initiative to push Medicare physicians and other medical professionals out of fee for service… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How the New Congress Should Deal With This ‘Too Big to Fail’ Entitlement Program
It’s an entitlement program “too big to fail.” Medicare now covers 52 million seniors and disabled citizens. That’s why you can expect the seemingly unending… Read More
