Wednesday, September 23, 2026 - Updated Daily
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 - Updated Daily
Policy Options and Alternatives to Reduce Medicaid Costs This is part three of a series I wrote on Medicaid spending reductions (proposed). Recent Republican budgets have targeted Medicaid for $800 plus billion in spending reductions….
Potential Impacts of Medicaid Cuts on Beneficiaries and Providers This is Part II of a series I researched and produced on Medicaid cuts. The third, which I will edit and post later in the week,…
Medicaid potential spending cuts have been in the news, elevated by the passage of the recent Republican Continuing (spending) Resolution. As Donald Trump ran and got elected on a platform of spending reduction/debt reduction (austerity)…
On Monday, January 20, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the U.S. While his claim of an election mandate is very debatable, the expectations that come with his return to office…
From May 2023 to May 2024, the overall healthcare costs accelerated (increased) by 3.4%, marking the most rapid increase since December 2007, as reported in Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released yesterday. The…
On Monday, a good portion of the U.S. saw all or portions of a total eclipse. If you were in the “zone of totality”, you saw a heck of a show and witnessed the side-effects…
In yesterday’s post, Mish-Mash Monday, in the section about the House Budget Committee’s Health Care Task Force, I offered some commentary regarding MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) and Medicare Advantage plans. I also included a…
Lately, I’ve gotten quite a bit of 70s (1970s) deja vu. Yes, I’m old enough to vividly remember the 70s as I crossed the decade as a teenager, graduating high school and almost, college. If…
The Federal Reserve hasn’t always conducted FOMC meetings (Federal Open Market Committee). It started meeting in late 1973 or early 1974. The purpose of the meeting was to address inflation primarily, in the economy; ways…
With election season heating-up, I’m going to drop some posts in from time to time on health policy issues that candidates SHOULD be talking about – not that they will. The issues I will put…
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