Policy and Legislation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today a four-year, $200-million training program for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) that aims to help increase the number of primary care healthcare workers.
On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled a new GOP budget plan, “The Path to Prosperity Budget.” With a YouTube video circulating, an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, and various on camera interviews, Republicans are calling the proposal the “real solution” to the debt crisis.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote today on whether to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), an independent panel called for in the Affordable Care Act established to keep Medicare costs in check, if Congress doesn't have the political will to do it themselves.
Primary care is in such a bad state. Only about 5% of graduating residents are choosing primary care mostly because primary care doctors can expect to earn $3.5 million less than a specialist over their lifetimes.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) is a strong voice opposing the Affordable Care Act and is considered an up-and-coming political force.
President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, and the same state that elected a Democratic governor in 2010 who promised to raise taxes to fix the budget, sent a moderate message to the Republican Party with a strong win by Mitt Romney in the March 20 GOP primary.
Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 would seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act and again contains a major overhaul of Medicare via competition and premium support.
As the director of a federal agency for healthcare research and quality, Carolyn Clancy, MD, leads the country in trying to find ways the healthcare system can improve in quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness.
The Supreme Court will likely uphold the health reform law or put it off until after the elections by upholding the Anti-Injunction Act, which is one of the foundations of the lawsuit, according to many industry experts.
With the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) approaching, new data shows that more than 5.1 million seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare saved over $3.2 billion on prescription drugs because of the new healthcare law.