Carmel Shachar

Jan 16, 2025 | statnews.com | Carmel Shachar |MaryBeth Musumeci

Adobe There is every indication that incoming President Trump and congressional leadership will look to slash federal health care spending — primarily Medicaid — to pay for tax cuts for wealthy Americans. House Republicans recently released a list that proposes $2.3 trillion in Medicaid spending cuts. Many of these proposals aim at changing Medicaid’s fundamental financing structure from an entitlement to a welfare program.

Jan 16, 2025 | everand.com | Carmel Shachar |MaryBeth Musumeci

There is every that incoming President Trump and congressional leadership will look to slash federal health care spending — — to pay for tax cuts for wealthy Americans. House Republicans that proposes $2.3 trillion in Medicaid spending cuts. Many of these proposals aim at changing Medicaid’s fundamental financing structure from an entitlement to a welfare program. This change would be almost impossible to undo and comes without any viable replacement.

Nov 15, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Carmel Shachar |Eli Y. Adashi

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) often bill themselves as legitimate reproductive health care or medical clinics, but they are actually nonmedical centers, operated by anti-abortion advocates, that seek to convince pregnant people to choose parenting or adoption over abortion. To attract clients, CPCs—which are often religiously affiliated—may offer services including pregnancy testing and ultrasounds as well as social supports such as diapers.

Nov 7, 2024 | statnews.com | Carmel Shachar

Unlike the first, Donald Trump’s second campaign was not focused on the Affordable Care Act or health care policy. An Associated Press poll found that most voters did not consider health care very motivating, with only 8% of voters surveyed ranking it as a top issue. Nevertheless, the results of this election will damage the medical profession. In the past four years we have seen an incredible erosion in the ability of physicians to set the norms and standards for their practices.

Sep 27, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Sean McBride |Barak D. Richman |Carmel Shachar

The statutes, regulations, guidance, policy documents, and manuals that govern how hospitals and their employed physicians interface with the US government are multitudinous, complex, and oftentimes difficult to decipher. Hospital general counsels are typically tasked with translating the tomes issued by administrative agencies to ensure that their employers—the health system and its associated physician staff—understand their legal liabilities.