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Washington Must End Physician Price Controls, Reform Medicare Payment System to Prevent Doctor Shortages
NEW CMEI BRIEF | July 25, 2024 | Wayne Winegarden

A new brief released by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation finds that artificially low reimbursement rates used by Medicare to contain costs are threatening patient care, and reform is needed to prevent future doctor shortages.

“Price controls used by government-run health care systems globally to contain costs lead to delays, lower quality, and worse health outcomes,” said Dr. Wayne Winegarden, director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation. “U.S. patients could also face doctor shortages unless Medicare’s low doctor reimbursement rates are reformed and proposals for single-payer health care are rejected.”

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Reforming 340B to Serve the Interests of Patients, Not Institutions
JAMA Network | Wayne Winegarden | July 26, 2024

Enacted by the US Congress in 1992 to help entities serving lower-income and uninsured patients stretch their resources, the 340B Drug Pricing Program mandated drug companies give large discounts to covered entities (CEs). Judging the program on its outcomes, not its intentions, there is growing evidence that the 340B program fails to achieve its primary goal. Giving discounts to entities, rather than to patients, primarily shifts resources from payers and drug companies to large hospital conglomerates.

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Kamala Harris' healthcare record is rotten to the core
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes | July 29, 2024

Democrats, including former President Barack Obama ([link removed]) , have enthusiastically rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris ([link removed]) as their presumptive presidential nominee. Voters will not be nearly as enthusiastic about her record on healthcare ([link removed]) .

Harris stands to President Joe Biden’s ([link removed]) left on health policy. If elected, she would almost certainly drag the United States closer to a complete government takeover of health insurance, known as “single-payer.”

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