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Congress must act now to stop Medicare physician pay cuts
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | December 16, 2024 | Sally C. Pipes
Doctors in private practice could soon be ringing in the new year by reducing
the services they offer, laying off staff, or even preparing to close their
practices.
That’s because the federal government is set to slash the reimbursements they receive from Medicare come January. The proposed cuts would have devastating
consequences for ordinary Americans’ ability to access health care — unless Congress steps in to stop them.
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What's up with U.S. life expectancy?
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes | December 16, 2024
U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022.
But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States is projected to rank 66th out of 204 countries and territories, down from 49th today.
The Left tends to blame our lack of universal health coverage for this downtrend. But our lagging life expectancy is largely a function of cultural issues, such as drug overdoses and obesity. And those are social challenges over which health insurance has little sway.
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Dear Elon, add Medicare 'site-neutrality' to DOGE's to-do list
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes | December 16, 2024
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have declared war on government bloat. They hope to use the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to axe wasteful spending and slash bureaucratic red tape that costs Americans trillions of dollars in foregone economic growth.
One of the best places to start would be the asinine rules that enable hospitals to overcharge Medicare by billions each year.
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Power to the patients
Liberal First | Sally C. Pipes | December 18, 2024
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy.
To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than the bloated, over-regulated mess it is today. And that will require giving patients more control over their healthcare dollars.
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