Category: NCPA in the News

LifeHealthPro: The Medicare “doc fix” doesn’t really fix anything, said NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Life Health Pro article.

Managed Healthcare Executive: Increasing regulations on drug plans could cost the 220 million Americans who get their medications through a managed care plan, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Managed Healthcare Executive article.

Clinical Oncology News: The Medicare “doc fix” is a poor replacement to the Sustainable Growth Rate that breaks the promise of fiscal responsibility Congress made to America, said Graham in a Clinical Oncology News article.

Fierce Healthcare: The cost and scope of the SGR repeal bill signifies that Congress has abandoned budget neutrality, according to a National Center for Policy Analysis report featured in a Fierce Healthcare article.  

The New American: The structure of the health care exchanges force insurers to focus on short-term costs, often to the exclusion of long-term costs, warned NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a New American article.

The Waco Tribune-Herald: The National Center for Policy Analysis’ five reasons to embrace the repeal of Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate formula were highlighted in a Waco Tribune-Herald op-ed.

Heartland: Iowa’s insurance CO-OP set premiums too low in order to gain market share and put taxpayer money at risk, admonished NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Heartland article.

Houston Chronicle: Specialty drugs are the next gold rush in pharmacy, and health plans are concerned, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Houston Chronicle article.

Investor’s Business Daily: Thanks to the way ObamaCare calculates insurance tax credits, the average subsidy went down while premiums went up by 5 percent, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an Investor’s Business Daily article.

Health Works Collective: The supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in King v. Burwell could be an opportunity for congressional Republicans to make significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in the latest Health Wonk Review hosted at Health Works Collective.

Kaiser Health News: The federal government should take a lesson from the $30 billion spent on enticing medical providers to enroll in electronic records before attempting the same thing with the mental health community, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Kaiser Health News article.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Congress must prepare for the possibility that the Supreme Court will strike down subsidies, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article.

Life Health Pro: The verdict in King v. Burwell could force Congress to make some big decisions regarding the face of the Affordable Care Act, according to NCPA experts cited in a LifeHealth Pro article.

FierceEMR: The ONC should step back and let market forces control health IT, say NCPA experts cited in a FierceEMR article. 

Politico: Government-mandated electronic health records have led to a less effective health IT environment and inhibited true innovation in health information technology, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Politico article.