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Republicans did not cut Medicaid. They slowed its growth
Democrats have made a striking claim central to their midterm message: that Republicans have “cut” Medicaid by as much as $1 trillion. It’s a powerful line. It’s also misleading. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid spending is projected to rise every year for the foreseeable future, totaling more ...
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Congressional Affordability Fix Must Hold Hospitals Accountable
The nation’s top hospital lobbyist testified before the House last week for the third in a series of hearings on healthcare affordability. According to a recent poll from KFF (f/k/a Kaiser Family Foundation), a little less than half of Americans say they have trouble affording healthcare. Over one-third have skipped ...
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America’s Healthcare System Has Never Been Better At Keeping Patients Alive
American life expectancy has hit an all-time high. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth in 2024 was 79 years. Americans are living longer thanks to significant declines in death from things like cancer, heart disease and stroke. This progress is ...
California
Building more is the key to affordability
California policymakers are obsessed with boosting “affordable housing,” which makes sense when housing in the state is out of reach to a large portion of its residents. They’re trying to solve the problem from the wrong end, though. The supply of affordable housing is best expanded not by focusing on ...
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States are pushing Medicaid beyond its intended limits
Democrats have not given up their push to expand publicly funded health coverage to illegal immigrants in this country. In California, the state Senate is considering legislation that would allow all undocumented residents ages 19 and older to enroll in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. This year, California froze new ...
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Don’t undermine the system that incentivized GLP-1 development
A left-leaning pressure group recently sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking his agency to rescind the patent rights earned by the developers of GLP-1 drugs. Some 12% of U.S. adults have taken these medications. Rescinding the patents is a dangerous idea that ...
Commentary
GOP Can Deliver Affordable Healthcare Americans Demand
Two-thirds of Americans worry about being able to afford healthcare, according to a recent KFF poll. And they’re looking to Washington to do something about it. Republicans have an opportunity to meet that demand — and turn healthcare from a political liability to a policy success. Read the op-ed here.
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The Legislature shouldn’t decide what vaccines to make illegal
A bill currently making its way through the Idaho Legislature could put the health of countless people at risk. Idaho’s Senate Health Committee recently atdvanced legislation that would impose a two-year moratorium on certain human gene therapy products and ban the use of mRNA vaccines for children and pregnant women ...
Commentary
Newsom oversees years of failed California water policy
2026 began in California with two atmospheric rivers and storms, which resulted in precipitation that was 119% of average rainfall for January. However, much of it flowed into the Pacific Ocean. Moreover, by the end of February our statewide snowpack was only 66% of average for this date, constituting a ...
Commentary
Trump’s Plan To Peg Drug Prices to Foreign Countries Could Backfire
President Trump famously quipped during his run for a second term that he had “concepts of a plan” to fix health care. That plan finally came together in January — and congressional Republicans are eager to codify its concepts into law. Most of Mr. Trump’s “Great Healthcare Plan” is promising. ...
Republicans did not cut Medicaid. They slowed its growth
Democrats have made a striking claim central to their midterm message: that Republicans have “cut” Medicaid by as much as $1 trillion. It’s a powerful line. It’s also misleading. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid spending is projected to rise every year for the foreseeable future, totaling more ...
Congressional Affordability Fix Must Hold Hospitals Accountable
The nation’s top hospital lobbyist testified before the House last week for the third in a series of hearings on healthcare affordability. According to a recent poll from KFF (f/k/a Kaiser Family Foundation), a little less than half of Americans say they have trouble affording healthcare. Over one-third have skipped ...
America’s Healthcare System Has Never Been Better At Keeping Patients Alive
American life expectancy has hit an all-time high. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth in 2024 was 79 years. Americans are living longer thanks to significant declines in death from things like cancer, heart disease and stroke. This progress is ...
Building more is the key to affordability
California policymakers are obsessed with boosting “affordable housing,” which makes sense when housing in the state is out of reach to a large portion of its residents. They’re trying to solve the problem from the wrong end, though. The supply of affordable housing is best expanded not by focusing on ...
States are pushing Medicaid beyond its intended limits
Democrats have not given up their push to expand publicly funded health coverage to illegal immigrants in this country. In California, the state Senate is considering legislation that would allow all undocumented residents ages 19 and older to enroll in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. This year, California froze new ...
Don’t undermine the system that incentivized GLP-1 development
A left-leaning pressure group recently sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking his agency to rescind the patent rights earned by the developers of GLP-1 drugs. Some 12% of U.S. adults have taken these medications. Rescinding the patents is a dangerous idea that ...
GOP Can Deliver Affordable Healthcare Americans Demand
Two-thirds of Americans worry about being able to afford healthcare, according to a recent KFF poll. And they’re looking to Washington to do something about it. Republicans have an opportunity to meet that demand — and turn healthcare from a political liability to a policy success. Read the op-ed here.
The Legislature shouldn’t decide what vaccines to make illegal
A bill currently making its way through the Idaho Legislature could put the health of countless people at risk. Idaho’s Senate Health Committee recently atdvanced legislation that would impose a two-year moratorium on certain human gene therapy products and ban the use of mRNA vaccines for children and pregnant women ...
Newsom oversees years of failed California water policy
2026 began in California with two atmospheric rivers and storms, which resulted in precipitation that was 119% of average rainfall for January. However, much of it flowed into the Pacific Ocean. Moreover, by the end of February our statewide snowpack was only 66% of average for this date, constituting a ...
Trump’s Plan To Peg Drug Prices to Foreign Countries Could Backfire
President Trump famously quipped during his run for a second term that he had “concepts of a plan” to fix health care. That plan finally came together in January — and congressional Republicans are eager to codify its concepts into law. Most of Mr. Trump’s “Great Healthcare Plan” is promising. ...