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Make Hospitals Competitive Again By Reining In Spending
Newsmax | January 6, 2025 | Sally C. Pipes

The United States spent $4.9 trillion on healthcare in 2023, according to figures published last month by the federal government.

That’s an increase of 7.5% relative to 2022.

What’s behind this astounding spending growth?

It’s largely hospital care.
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Obamacare Is Just Overly Expensive Catastrophic Health Insurance
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes | December 31, 2024

Democrats are warning of a surge in the number of uninsured if costly enhanced subsidies for exchange coverage expire as planned at the end of next year.

But exchange coverage is borderline useless to many enrollees. It requires beneficiaries to fork over huge sums before it kicks in and confines them to narrow provider networks. Rather than subsidize “junk” insurance through the exchanges, lawmakers should deregulate the market so insurers can offer health plans that are affordable and efficient without federal subsidies.
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Medicare Should Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs
Washington Times | Sally C. Pipes | January 6, 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule expanding Medicare and Medicaid patients’ access to anti-obesity drugs such as GLP-1s.

Congress is also considering such a move. Expanding coverage to these patient groups makes sense.
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