From the Williamson Herald By Gregg Lawrence In the midst of the current health-care crisis there is a step that Congress should take to have an immediate positive impact and reassure patients seeking care that they will not be stuck with…
As proposals to ban surprise medical bills move through Congress and state legislatures with rare bipartisan support, physician groups have emerged as the loudest opponents. Often led by doctors with the veneer of noble concern for patients, physician-staffing firms—third-party companies…
Surprise medical bills are in the news almost daily. Last Thursday, the White House called for legislation to protect patients from getting surprise doctor bills when they are rushed to the emergency room and receive care from doctors not covered…
The Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the Senate’s options to curb surprise medical bills found the health committee’s proposal to set a benchmark payment rate would save the most money at $25 billion in health savings to the federal government…
This is a market failure Congress can address. Last year, Todd, a Knoxville father, wrote to me after taking his son to an emergency room after a bicycle accident. His son was treated, Todd paid a $150 copay because the emergency room was…
Most of us take great pains to ensure in advance that the doctors and hospitals we use are in network by our insurance plan. We assume that, when we go to an in-network hospital, that everyone who sees us, from…
Doesn’t it seem like just yesterday that Democrats were telling us that under Obamacare, “if you like your doctor and if you like your health plan you can keep it?” That was a nice sales pitch to voters, even though…
There is no mystery as to what House Democrats want to do with American medical care. Their intentions are clearly spelled out in House Resolution 676, also known as the “Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act.” Its sponsors promise…
Seema Verma, one of President Trump’s top health chiefs, took a swipe Tuesday at Democratic proposals to move all people in the U.S. onto Medicare by highlighting the drawbacks people had experienced in Obamacare. “Their solution is literally to do…