Market Institute President Charles Sauer joined the Scott Sloan Show on 700 WLW to discuss the need for Medicare Advantage reform as policymakers focus on reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in federal healthcare programs. During the conversation, Sauer explained how Medicare Advantage provides valuable choices for seniors but also contains Read more…
The Trump administration has made reducing waste, fraud, and abuse a top healthcare priority. In a new RealClearHealth column, Market Institute President Charles Sauer argues that one of the biggest opportunities for reform lies within Medicare Advantage. While Medicare Advantage provides millions of seniors with greater flexibility and additional benefits Read more…
Following the end of the government shutdown, Congress and the White House are preparing to negotiate a Fiscal Year 2026 spending bill. One of the key issues on the table will be whether to extend the so-called “temporary” Obamacare subsidies first passed as part of the 2021 Covid relief bill. Read more…
Medicare is running out of money, with insolvency projected by 2033. While lawmakers, providers, and regulators acknowledge the looming crisis, little is being done to address one of the biggest drivers of waste: Medicare Advantage. As Charles Sauer writes in InsideSources: “One of the most significant issues is Medicare Advantage, Read more…
Medicare reform has long been the “third rail” of American politics—but the math is getting harder to ignore. Without action, Medicare will consume 5.3% of GDP by 2053 and require over $2 trillion in new federal revenue over the next decade. In RealClear Markets, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton Read more…
America’s largest government health programs are being quietly looted—not by patients, but by the very insurers trusted to manage their care. Through a practice known as upcoding, insurance companies inflate the severity of diagnoses to bill Medicare and Medicaid for more than what was actually needed. The result: billions in Read more…
The cartoon above says it all: the federal government continues to overpay for healthcare services simply because of where the care is delivered. Under current law, Medicare pays far more for a procedure done at a hospital outpatient facility than it does for the exact same service provided by an Read more…
The Market Institute is proud to lead a coalition of taxpayer and free market organizations in urging Congress to adopt long-overdue site-neutral payment reforms in Medicare. We coordinated the letter below to bring attention to the urgent need for policy change that eliminates unfair pricing disparities in the healthcare system. Read more…
In the realm of healthcare politics, a glaring power dynamic emerges: giant corporations, notably hospitals, wield disproportionate influence over policy decisions and spending. A new article in Inside Sources by Charles Sauer explores the contentious issue of “Site Neutral” payment reform, revealing how this policy discrepancy enables hospitals to charge Read more…