Linda Gorman

Obama is gone, but his fiscal waste is still befouling American health care 0
- Health Care, HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds, The Hill
- April 3, 2018
For real health care waste, it is hard to beat the Obama administration. Crony capitalists, academic institutions, select nonprofits, and state bureaucracies are raking in enormous sums. Ordinary Americans are paying the price. If government officials cannot find the courage to return control of health care to patients and their doctors, American health care quality
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Senate Bill 18-023: The Free Speech in Medicine Act 0
- Health Care, HEALTH CARE - Issue Backgrounder
- February 12, 2018
IB-A-2018 (February 2018) Author: Linda Gorman DOWNLOAD REPORT IN PDF Executive Summary: The question is whether prohibiting the dissemination of truthful medical information about off-label use of prescription drugs does more good than harm.
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It’s time to scrap federal physician quality measurements 0
- Health Care, HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds, The Hill
- January 17, 2018
When ObamaCare passed, ABMS had a virtual monopoly. The Affordable Care Act used the standard tactic of creating market power by listing specific requirements that only the ABMS program could meet. Among other things, “equivalent programs” would have to report patient data to a registry, require periodic exams, and conducting periodic “practice assessments.”
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Medicaid funds shouldn’t be used to subsidize state taxes on health care 0
- Health Care, HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds, The Hill
- December 5, 2017
Medicaid patients are the losers. Studies suggest that higher Medicaid reimbursements are associated with better care, and that Medicaid patients are more likely to be treated by lower quality hospitals and less highly trained physicians. Recent studies also suggest that the health reforms favored by state and federal governments have done little to improve quality or reduce costs.
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