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New Brief: Broken System Imposes Higher Out-Of-Pocket Costs on Patients, Puts Interests of Government and Insurers First
Coverage Denied | April 28, 2022
Dr. Wayne Winegarden
America’s broken third-party healthcare payment system prioritizes government and insurance companies as the largest payers, leaving patients with higher out-of-pocket costs, greater exposure to healthcare financial risk, and reduced access to care – finds the latest paper in the Coverage Denied ([link removed]) series released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute.
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Biden Administration Copying California Law to Stifle Charter Schools
The Times of San Diego | Lance Izumi & McKenzie Richards
April 27, 2022
Imagine a world where budding businesses would be required to both obtain permission to enter the marketplace from competitors and then prove to the government that their business would serve community needs.
Makes no sense, right? Well, welcome to education policy, where the Biden administration is proposing a disastrous regulation, similar to a California law, to stymie charter schools, which are innovative publicly-funded schools independent of school districts.
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Medicaid Expansion Would Only Expand Waste and Poor Care
Forbes | Sally Pipes
April 25, 2022
Expanding Medicaid is popular, according to new survey data ([link removed]) from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Two-thirds of Americans living in the 12 states that have not expanded the program as prescribed by Obamacare want their leaders to change course and boost enrollment.
Perhaps they’ll change their minds after reviewing the latest data on Medicaid’s wasteful spending and subpar care.
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A Response to the "Bloomberg Doomers"
Right by the Bay | McKenzie Richards
April 26, 2022
Last month, Bloomberg published a now-infamous op-ed ([link removed]) titled, “Inflation Stings Most if You Earn Less Than $300K. Here’s How to Deal”. Professor Teresa Ghilarducci suggests that to curb inflation, we should eat lentils instead of red meat and let our pets die instead of going to the vet.
The advice was rightly vilified. But the article touched a nerve as everyday Americans are paying the price for Washington’s reckless fiscal policies. Inflation is rising at the fastest rate in the last forty years ([link removed]) , with the CPI accelerating to 8.5% in March ([link removed]) .
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