It’s also one of the best places where federal policy can influence costs.

The right policy can reduce prices: good for households and businesses!

The right policy can also reduce costs for the federal government: good for deficit reduction!

I still can't get over this exchange between Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Witty. Semantics aside, UnitedHealth still has 90,000 physicians who have a financial incentive to work with, and look out for, UnitedHealth. That is no small thing.

Piece coming soon... But I think a longer extension is a good idea assuming it comes with some cost containment measures like removing telehealth payment parity.

In-person providers should not have financial incentives to shift to virtual or be at a competitive disadvantage.

She’s written for TIME, advocating for more opportunities for foreign healthcare workers to fill the gap in healthcare and bring relief to overworked American workers. time.com/6310841/aging-…

Congratulations to @KDPinDC for being named to @Washingtonian's list of the 500 most influential people shaping policy! washingtonian.com/2024/05/02/was…📷

Go Jennifer Pahlka, this is well worth reading.

Four sentences sum it up:

Georgia deserves major credit for reforming its Certificate of Need (CON) laws. This will ease burdens on expanding/improving healthcare access.

Among other things, it exempts much-needed birth center services from CON requirements.

New birth centers are critical for the…

Just a reminder that we can reach more people with mental health care by allowing psychologists to prescribe basic medication to treat mental illness.

Right now, only 5 states allow it.

The next time someone tells you immigrants make the labor market worse for Americans👇

I think about this free kick like once a week

One big takeaway from the last year of work on UI is how many fewer administrative problems would likely exist if the rules/laws around the program were simpler.

Especially the case with how state UI agencies are funded 👇

*New report* out about unemployment insurance administration financing.

The funding process is a key contributor to prominent system failures, including the estimated $100+ billion in pandemic fraud and months-long delays getting benefits to claimants:
niskanencenter.org/getting-the-jo…

Thoroughly enjoyed moderating a conversation last week with @Alex_Armlovich Salim Furth and National Apartment Association's Jason Lynn on the importance of removing government barriers to a more robust housing stock. It's time to unravel the red tape holding back options for families. Niskanen Center

I’ve found that people who can write about something concisely are usually those who understand it best.

Amazing things can happen when supply is allowed to respond to demand.

The development of cash prices being lower than negotiated prices is necessary context for understanding the rise in hospital prices.

New parents need and deserve lots of support. What are some innovative ways to do that? Join me, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Elliot Haspel, and Stephanie H. Murray on May 13th at 1:30pm for a webinar on Supporting New Parents: Options for Diverse Circumstances. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Certificate of Need repeal in TN has officially passed the House & Senate and is on to the Governor! AFPTN has got some more clean up to do in the coming years, but this is a massive move in the right direction to end healthcare monopolies in TN! Thankful for the bipartisan…

The FTC’s ban on noncompetes is a BFD, especially for health care since so many physicians and other providers get forced into them. But litigation is almost certainly coming. Read Tara Bannow to understand the big picture, and fine print, of the ban. statnews.com/2024/04/23/ftc…

“New noncompetes banned for all workers as of effective date.”

The FTC just issued a complete ban on all employee non-competes. No carveouts, no limitations, no exceptions.

Wow!