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Articles with Analysis of Project 2025 from MedPage Today June – July, 2024   Critiquing Project 2025: Medicare July 13, 2024 Project 2025 proposes building Medicare Advantage and value-based care, and an all-in focus on free market methods proven not to work in health care. It’s a recipe for increasing costs and maximizing profits for […]

Policy Experts Weigh Healthcare Elements of GOP Platform by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today July 12, 2024   Earlier this week, the Republican party released its 2024 policy platform, which provides a glimpse of what the nation’s healthcare agenda might look like during a second term for Donald Trump, the presumed Republican nominee.  

What to know about Trump VP pick J.D. Vance’s Health Care Views and Investments By Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Sarah Owermohle July 15, 2024   WASHINGTON — Sen. J.D. Vance, who was tapped to be former President Trump’s running mate on Monday, has a history of investing in health care companies — and of pursuing

Department Of Health And Human Services [Project 2025] By Roger Severino   If the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were a separate country, its approximately $1.6 trillion budget would rank as the world’s fifth-largest national budget. For good or ill, HHS activities personally impact the lives of more Americans than do those

SCOTUS Ruling Strips Power From Federal Health Agencies Hosted by Julie Rovner June 28, 2024   In what will certainly be remembered as a landmark decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority this week overruled a 40-year-old legal precedent that required judges in most cases to yield to the expertise of federal agencies. It is unclear

AHCA Files Lawsuit Against Federal Staffing Mandate May 24, 2024   ​​​​​​​​WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Health Care Association (AHCA), joined by the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) and several Texas long term care facilities filed a lawsuit late Thursday in the Northern District of Texas against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs By Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson June 21, 2024   Americans are paying too much for prescription drugs.   It is a common, longstanding complaint. And the culprits seem obvious: Drug companies. Insurers. A dysfunctional federal government.   But there is another collection of powerful forces

Leaked documents reveal patient safety issues at Amazon’s One Medical By Caroline O’Donovan June 15, 2024   Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limited training — that failed on more than a dozen occasions to seek immediate attention

Report: Healthcare Needs to Diversify Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities by Associated Press June 26, 2024   Racial and ethnic inequities in healthcare are found in every state in the U.S. despite the passage of legislation intended to improve health outcomes for minorities and increased awareness of healthcare disparities over the past two