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Medicare Advantage by Default
6+ day, 52+ min ago (216+ words) The Trump administration is'considering'a change to Medicare that could help make healthcare more efficient and cheaper for millions of American seniors and disabled people, but it comes with important caveats. The Anatomy of MA But the risk-adjustment model is far…...
Medicare Facing the Future: The 2026 Trustees Report
3+ week, 4+ day ago (264+ words) To register for this event, enter the following details: This is for cameras and camera personnel only. If you are a journalist, producer, correspondent, etc. you can register for the event by clicking on the RSVP to Attend button above....
Chairman Smith Is Right About the Need for a Site-Neutral Policy in Medicare
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (395+ words) The hearing was one in a series the House GOP majority is holding to publicize its concern with the high costs of health care and health insurance. The prices charged by hospitals are certainly more than fair game in such…...
The Inflation Reduction Act and Out-of-Pocket Spending by Medicare Enrollees
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (174+ words) The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) increased the generosity of Medicare prescription drug coverage'most notably, introducing a new out-of-pocket (OOP) cap for enrollees and increasing the financial liability plans face. In this piece, we offer early evidence for how this redesign…...
Congress Should Not Exempt Medicare from Budget Scrutiny
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (611+ words) President Trump broke with GOP orthodoxy on entitlements when he argued that Congress should leave Social Security and Medicare alone. He contends there are better options for closing fiscal gaps, including new tariffs on imported goods, cuts to the federal…...
Using Competition and Medicare Accountable Care Organizations to Control Costs
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (223+ words) To register for this event, enter the following details: This is for cameras and camera personnel only. If you are a journalist, producer, correspondent, etc. you can register for the event by clicking on the RSVP to Attend button above....
Refocusing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Achieving Deep Cost Reductions
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (322+ words) In 1980, combined federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid was equal to 1. 7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects it will be 6. 3 percent of GDP in 2026 and 7. 3 percent in 2036. The added cost burden of these programs…...
Medicare-for-All Makes a Comeback
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (155+ words) American Enterprise Institute - AEI Medicare-for-All Makes a Comeback Juliana Stratton, Illinois" Democratic nominee for U. S. Senate, favors Medicare-for-all. So does progressive heartthrob Graham Platner, who is running for Senate in Maine. Abdul El-Sayed, another Senate hopeful, touts the same policy in…...
Improving Medicare Program Integrity - American Enterprise Institute - AEI
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (324+ words) GAO's widely cited estimate of Medicare's "improper payments" " $54 billion per year, at last count " is susceptible to being misinterpreted because of what it includes and excludes. On the one hand, it overstates the problem because, according to the Department of…...
Entitlement Reform: A Problem We Can No Longer Avoid
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (96+ words) By James C. Capretta The American Idea by Ashbrook Center The clock is ticking on America's most popular social programs. Social Security's trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2034just nine years awayleaving the system with enough revenue to pay only…...