New Study: Medicare’s Price Controls Are Fueling America’s Growing Doctor Shortage
The Pacific Research Institute’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 ...
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 largely the product of medical innovation. Private industry is pouring billions of dollars into pharmaceutical research and development—and producing breakthrough therapies that would have sounded ...
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 enrollment for most undocumented adults and announced new premiums for this group set to take effect in 2027. The state already spends some $12 billion ...
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