News
National Journal | Lobbying Groups Criticize House Doc Fix Vote
The House voted 229 to 193 to disagree with the Senate bill, a procedural motion that denied lawmakers an up-or-down vote on the legislation. If Congress does not act before the end of the year, Medicare doctors get a 27 percent cut in pay.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Obama Administration Agrees: Florida Medicaid Reform Pilot Good for Patients and Taxpayers
The bottom line with Florida’s Medicaid Reform is that when the patient is the priority, government and HMO bureaucrats are finally held accountable. Costs flatten and patient health and satisfaction improves.
Mercatus Center | Medicare fraud: bogus clinics in barns
Each year the Medicare program loses millions of dollars to fraud. Applicants simply set up fake clinics using stolen medical IDs and real addresses in barns, UPS stores and abandoned apartments.
Reports
Heritage Foundation | How Medicare Price Controls Have Contributed to Drug Shortage
As Congress searches for policy solutions, it is crucial that lawmakers understand the role that government price controls, specifically in Medicare, have played in the crisis.
