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Payment rates to doctors and hospitals could fall by as much as 20% on average nationally under a bill making its way through the Senate, according to a projection published Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. The bill, the Lower Health Care Costs Act, advanced out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee… Read More »
President Trump’s former Food and Drug Administration chief waded into the “Medicare for All” debate on Friday, warning that access to life-saving treatments could suffer if the government were to become the only payer of healthcare services. “I think it would squelch innovation, and I think it would hold back medical progress,” Scott Gottlieb said… Read More »
[Warning: This post contains spoilers for Shadowhunters season 3 episode 16, “Stay With Me.”] After all that teasing, and years of begging, Shadowhunters finally aired a Malec dance scene…but it wasn’t what fans were expecting. The episode opens with ex-warlock Magnus Bane (played by Glee alum and former Beyoncé backup dancer Harry Shum Jr.) and… Read More »
Hospitals warned Tuesday that their industry would suffer an $ 800 billion cut if Democrats succeed in massively expanding Medicare. The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals published a report concluding that allowing the public to buy in to Medicare plans at cost would not only contribute to massive budget cuts to… Read More »