After COVID, Medicaid enrollment is declining. That's cause for celebration
 
Richmond Times-Dispatch | Sally Pipes
August 4, 2023

For most Americans, the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency was a relief. But some progressive activists and politicians would seemingly prefer that the crisis — and the gusher of federal spending it unleashed — never end.


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Bipartisan Price Transparency Reforms Will Improve Outcomes
 
Forbes | Wayne Winegarden
August 2, 2023

Beneficial healthcare change is occurring – in a bipartisan manner too. The reform, referred to as the Transparency in Coverage (Tic) rule, improves the functioning of the healthcare market; and unlike the calls for price controls or increased government distortions, improving the efficiency of the healthcare market can achieve the core goals of promoting greater healthcare affordability and improving the quality of care.


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States must remove government-imposed barriers to affordable and timely health care
 
Sun Journal | Sally Pipes
August 6, 2023

The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency last month marked the end of several government waivers that helped expand access to care during the pandemic.

Many of those waivers deserve to be made permanent. Paramount among them is the suspension of “certificate-of-need” laws that require health care providers to obtain permission from state officials before expanding facilities or building new ones.


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Watch the New Coverage Denied Video on YouTube
 
August 4, 2023

Watch as Penny is unhappy that she has to enter the geography bee instead of the science fair due to bureaucratic rules at school. The Professor explores how, much in the same way, eliminating unnecessary barriers can produce a more efficient and productive health care system.


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