How Ending an ACA Subsidy Was Worth its Weight in Silver
When President Donald J. Trump published a 21-word tweet in the early hours of October 13, 2017, he probably did not realize that he had laid the foundation for years-long litigation with the U.S....
View ArticleProposed Rule Seeks to Promote Value-Based Health Care
Physician reimbursement under a value-based care structure encourages care coordination programs in which providers communicate to streamline services and generate better patient health outcomes....
View ArticleDrug Approval During a Public Health Crisis
The world’s second largest Ebola outbreak is currently affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the 17 months since the outbreak started, over 3,400 people have contracted the disease and 66...
View ArticleIncreasing Organ Donation in the United States
Every day, an average of twenty people in the United States die due to a shortage of organs available for transplant. To address this problem, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has...
View ArticleCan the U.S. Outpace Disease Outbreaks?
As the novel coronavirus shows, disease outbreaks can spread quickly throughout our increasingly connected world. Behind the scenes of frontline efforts to curb the spread of outbreaks is the herculean...
View ArticleRegulating Rationing During the COVID-19 Crisis
“I owe my life to a ventilator,” David Lat, a patient recovering from COVID-19, told the media days after coming off the machine. Although ventilators can be lifesaving, hospitals might not have enough...
View ArticleThe Midnight Regulation to End Regulations
In a blunt deregulatory maneuver, the Trump Administration in its waning days is attempting to adopt a regulation that, if finalized, would have a cataclysmic effect on the public health and consumer...
View ArticleClergy and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented patients from accessing their clergy in the midst of stressful and end-of-life situations. Hospitals seeking to restrict visitors face a difficult choice between...
View ArticleThe Fight Over California’s Abortion Coverage Mandate
Can a state require that all health plans offered to its residents cover elective abortions? The federal government thinks not, and the state of California is poised to lose at least $200 million in...
View ArticleHealth Regulation’s Ticking Time Bomb
On the Trump Administration’s last day in the White House, it delivered a final parting gift to the incoming Biden Administration—a regulatory “ticking time bomb.” If unaddressed, the so-called bomb in...
View ArticleHIPAA’s Strengths and Limitations
President Bill Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law on August 21, 1996. The more than two decades since the Department of Health and Human Services...
View ArticleHHS Selects Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiation
Prescription drugs cost more than double in the United States than in any other country in the world. In 2021 alone, the U.S. spent $603 billion on prescription drugs. To combat skyrocketing drug...
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