Sally Pipes
President, CEO at Pacific Research Institute
President, CEO, Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy @PacificResearch. Author: False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All
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6 days ago |
nysun.com | Sally Pipes
Congressional Republicans are currently negotiating a budget reconciliation package that aims to wrest $880 billion in savings from Medicaid over the coming decade. Democrats have asserted that this effort will be devastating to Medicaid’s beneficiaries. They underestimate just how widespread waste, fraud, and abuse are in the program. For starters, consider the “provider taxes” that every state except Alaska uses to extract extra funding from the federal treasury. Here’s how they work.
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6 days ago |
pacificresearch.org | Sally Pipes
Last month, the Trump administration proposed a new rule to ensure “Marketplace Integrity and Affordability” on Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. Washington is awash in proposed rules. But this one stands out.
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6 days ago |
newsmax.com | Sally Pipes
Last month, the Trump administration proposed a new rule to ensure "Marketplace Integrity and Affordability" on Obamacare's health insurance exchanges. Washington is awash in proposed rules. But this one stands out. It has the potential to save taxpayers $150 billion over the next decade and reduce premiums by more than 5%, according to a new paper by the Paragon Health Institute's Brian Blase. Even for the federal government, that's a lot of money.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Sally Pipes
The Department of Government Efficiency's crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse is off to a fast start. But as an engine of government savings, DOGE still has substantial untapped potential. That's because it hasn't yet addressed the fraud crippling one of the federal government's largest programs: Medicare. In fiscal year 2023 alone, "improper payments" in Medicare eclipsed $50 billion.
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1 week ago |
pacificresearch.org | Sally Pipes
Medicaid costs taxpayers nearly $900 billion a year. That figure is on track to exceed $1 trillion by the end of this decade. The entitlement is growing faster than the economy. That kind of growth is unsustainable — and risks shredding the safety net for those who need it most.
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