📄 REPORT: CBO finds Democrats' proposals would extend Medicaid to 400,000 more children every year and grow the economy.
Meanwhile, Republicans want to slash Medicaid to help pay for Trump's tax cuts for corporations and the ultra-wealthy.
CBO's out with their new deficit reductions options.
Just look at all that $$ on the table if we paid Medicare Advantage plans closer to what the law intended.
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What does Doggie (“DOGE”) do? Maybe think of it this way: you have to watch a couple of precocious toddlers for the day. They need activities, but you don’t want them near stoves, cars, electrical equipment, or anything operational.
Apropos of the ongoing conversation about health care administrative costs, resharing my testimony to Senate Budget on the administrative costs generated by provider-payer interactions and how policymakers could reduce them.
Four main points:
A shortage of primary care providers has stalled our progress in treating serious illnesses like heart disease—the leading cause of death in the U.S.
By investing in primary care, we can improve patients' health and reduce care costs.
In their new Forefront article, @AnnGreiner1, R. Shawn Martin and Kate Goodrich of @PCPCC@aafp + @Humana argue that lawmakers and regulators should promote policies that ensure the sustainability + further innovation of advanced primary care delivery. bit.ly/3XnNZXT
The ACA marketplace was designed to cover people without public or job-based insurance or facing life changes like new jobs, new baby, moving, etc. @USTreasury shows it works: nearly 50 million Americans have enrolled in a marketplace plan at some point. home.treasury.gov/system/files/1…
If you think about Medicare policy, this article may be of interest
It’s behind a paywall so feel free to reach out if you can’t access
Hope to add a thread later
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Exciting news! Senators @SenWhitehouse and @SenBillCassidy have introduced the Pay PCPs Act, legislation to better support and improve pay for high-quality #primarycare providers. Families USA has long been at the forefront of this work alongside @PCPCC and other primary care…
Encouraged to see new legislation and an RFI from @SenWhitehouse & @SenBillCassidy on changing how we pay for and value primary care in the Medicare physician fee schedule.
Primary care plays a vital role in an efficient, high-performing health system.
whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/w…
“There are several layers to the billing cost problem but they mostly all relate back to an antiquated and defective fee-for-service payment model.”
@SenWhitehouse on the need to reduce administrative burdens in health care to lower costs for patients, providers, and government.
My friend @clairelyperlman writes from personal experience about landlords and developers skirting their legal obligations to disabled New Yorkers nytimes.com/2023/10/31/bus…
“Put very simply, we get very little bang for 4 trillion bucks.”
Watch @SenWhitehouse explain how the U.S. has worse health outcomes than our peers despite spending much more on health care. #BetterHealthLowerCosts
Despite spending more on health care as a share of GDP than any other peer country, U.S. life expectancy is the lowest it has been in two decades.
Watch @SenWhitehouse explore options to strengthen health care and reduce spending. #BetterHealthLowerCosts
Despite spending more on health care as a share of GDP than any other peer country, U.S. life expectancy is the lowest it has been in two decades.
Watch @SenWhitehouse explore options to strengthen health care and reduce spending. #BetterHealthLowerCosts
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🚨Workers and families across the country are suffering the costs of our inefficient health care system.
@SenWhitehouse calls a hearing to examine ways we can improve health care delivery while spending less. #BetterHealthLowerCosts
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