#Health Care

The Senate Tuesday night overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to permanently fix the formula for determining how physicians are paid under Medicare. The final vote of 92-8 sent the legislation, already passed in the House, to President Obama, who is expected…

With presidential hopefuls kicking off their official campaigns, voters should keep in mind that the next occupant of the White House must lead the country in putting the government on a more responsible and sustainable fiscal path. So candidates should…

Last week the House overwhelmingly approved (392-37) a bipartisan plan to repeal Medicare’s flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment formula for physician services. To avoid having to fully offset the cost, however, the House waived statutory “pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) rules. The…

This week the House of Representatives is poised to vote on a legislative package that would permanently change how physicians are paid in Medicare. The legislation would eliminate the need for annual “doc fixes” -- a more than decade-long ritual…

The New Democrat Coalition -- 46 House members who describe themselves as the "pro-growth, fiscally responsible wing of the Democratic Party" -- announced a new platform last week designed to strengthen the role of moderates in Congress. The platform, dubbed…

Politicians like to talk about good news, including benefits from government programs. But former U.S. senators Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) note that politicians “are far less interested in talking about the bad news and hard choices on…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reported improvements since 2013 in many problematic areas in the federal government but also noted growing concerns in veterans health care, information technology and tax law enforcement. The agency’s new biennial update on “high-risk”…

Des Moines – Two of the nation’s leading experts on health care policy said today that it was critical for 2016 presidential candidates to offer credible proposals to hold down health care costs -- and the federal debt -- in…