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Medicare's Price Controls are Fueling America's Growing Doctor Shortage
June 11, 2025
PRI's Center for Medical Economics and Innovation today released a new issue brief warning that continued federal underpayment of doctors is fueling a looming healthcare crisis by accelerating the nation’s physician shortage and undermining access to care.
Written by PRI senior fellow in business and economics and CMEI director Dr. Wayne Winegarden, the brief (titled “It’s Time for Medicare to Stop Shortchanging Physicians”) finds that Medicare reimbursement rates are well below market value and have failed to keep up with inflation or the rising costs of running a medical practice. This undercompensating is leading doctors to leave the profession, dissuading medical students from entering the field, and contributing to longer wait times and diminished care quality for patients.
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Learn About Gov. Newsom's Health Care Budget Plan
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Budget Gimmicks Will Not Solve The State’s Fiscal Crisis
PRI's Spending Watch | Dr. Wayne Winegarden | June 9, 2025
In another spurious health care savings idea, the governor anticipates the state realizing $75 million in savings from increasing Medi-Cal’s minimum rebate on drugs that treat HIV and cancer.
The proposal will reduce patient access to innovative treatments and disincentivize further innovation. The reduced drug access will likely expand the number of more expensive hospital stays and surgeries that patients on Medi-Cal will require.
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This Groundbreaking Insurance Reform Is Buried In The One Big, Beautiful Bill
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes | June 9, 2025
There are more than 40 healthcare provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that passed the House of Representatives by a one-vote margin last month. One, in particular, deserves more attention than it is getting.
The legislative package would codify and expand Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, which the first Trump administration introduced in 2019. ICHRAs allow employers to give workers untaxed dollars, which they can use to purchase health insurance on the individual market.
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