Today, ACI released a coalition letter to Congress in opposition to creating an inflationary rebate penalty in Medicare Part D. You can download and print the letter here.
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Coalition Letter on Gene Replacement Therapy
Cell and gene therapies have the potential to save lives and can offset significant direct and indirect costs to our healthcare system, thus saving taxpayers money in the long run, according to this broad coalition letter.
Morning Consult: Smarter Tech Could Help Curb Medicare Fraud, Combat Opioid Crisis
What if there was a way to simultaneously reduce the stunning levels of health care fraud in the United States while also combating the opioid crisis ravaging our communities? Well, there is. To read this op-ed, please visit the Morning Consult.
Real Clear Health: ‘Smart Card’ Use Would Slash Medicare Fraud, Improve Care
Replacing the current Medicare card with a high-tech “smart card” could help prevent billions of dollars in fraud while reducing medical errors and saving lives. To Read this op-ed, visit Real Clear Health.
Retirees in the Crosshairs: ACI’s Daily Caller Piece
Thinking of retiring in a few years? Beware of what is likely to come. Government has created a massive, new and costly benefit called the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At the same time, government has been burnishing existing programs to rapidly convert people into beneficiaries. Taxpayers will soon be hijacked to pay the unprecedented costs, […]
Savings from a Trillion in Health Costs
Some of the government decisions that push Americans toward the brink of sanity are in healthcare policies that can and should be reversed. With forethought and some political courage, better health policies can be adopted that allow consumers to make better arrangements and save substantially. The following opportunities call for smarter government policies – they […]
Great Medical Advances and Fearsome Costs
In November 2013, the FDA ordered a medical testing upstart named 23andMe to halt selling its $99 genetic testing service to consumers until it could prove the tests were reliable. By February 2015, 23andMe was vindicated and able to sell at least some testing. The FDA announced that it will allow patients to get partial […]
ACA versus Miracle Healthcare Treatments
If doctors and patients take advantage of the steady stream of miracle treatments that restore function or save lives, the tab will be hideous. Can Medicare, Medicaid and The Affordable Care Act (ACA) accommodate these costly treatments, or will government decide on some “sacrifices” to be made? Some organ transplants such as; heart ($658,000), lung, […]
The Big World of Government Subsidies — Where’s My Ride Voucher?
If you were working hard and caring for your family you might have missed some federal subsidies that parallel consumers’ spending. The Consumer Expenditure Survey for 2011, shows an average household spent $64,000 and the top seven categories account for 87% of it. Except for vehicle-related and entertainment, the federal government already offers subsidies in […]
Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don’t
An important question behind today’s health care issues should be; what are the right screenings and treatments to pursue? “Right” means those practices established as best by the most unbiased and medically competent practitioners. But that was before politicians started hijacking the “right answers.” The key question behind health care issues has become; who should […]