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Chairman Smith Is Right About the Need for a Site-Neutral Policy in Medicare
At a hearing convened this week by the House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Jason…
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Refocusing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Achieving Deep Cost Reductions
Spending on Medicare and Medicaid is pushing the federal budget to the breaking point, but, in…
Commentary
The More Things Change, Medicaid Edition
“Clinics” with suspect professional credentials running up bills for publicly-insured low-income patients. Outlandish claim volumes…
Op-Ed
Reforming Health Care
Health care in the United States is generally excellent, but, in many cases, it is…
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The Side Effects of the No Surprises Act
In the final days of the first Trump administration, Congress attached a long-debated measure—the No…
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The Congressional Budget Office’s Updated Projections
With the Trump administration holding back key details of its budget outlook, it has been…
Commentary
Medicaid’s Multiple Roles
Matt Weidinger’s December 2025 commentary argued persuasively that complexity has become an impediment to rational…
Op-Ed
Assessing President Trump’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs
Last week, the Trump White House released a plan to reduce health care costs that…
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Improving Medicare Program Integrity
While the fraud scandal in Minnesota has set in motion renewed scrutiny of Medicaid and…
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The House GOP Plays It Safe on Health Care
House Republican leaders have assembled a health care bill with familiar provisions as a counter…
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Republicans Should Refine and Improve the Crapo-Cassidy Health Savings Account Proposal
Congressional Republicans have struggled for weeks to counter the Democratic push for an extension beyond…
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On Health Care, the GOP Needs to Take Up First Principles
It is not surprising that Republicans are struggling to agree on whether to extend expiring…