House Republicans are searching for ways to advance conservative health care reform while securing the votes needed to pass their package. There is already a solution on the table—one that delivers real savings without expanding government control. In a letter to House leadership, Market Institute President Charles Sauer urged Congress Read more…
As Congress debates its next major healthcare package, one reform stands out for its ability to lower costs, strengthen competition, and protect patient choice: Site Neutrality. Today, federal policy pays hospital-owned facilities far more than independent physicians for the exact same service—a distortion that fuels consolidation, drives up prices, and Read more…
Market Institute, in coordination with the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), hosted the Doctors Forum Dinner to convene policymakers, administration officials, and independent physicians for an in-depth discussion on healthcare policy and the growing challenges facing physician-led practices. The event focused on how federal payment and regulatory policies Read more…
The Trump administration’s recent 2.6% payment hike for hospitals’ Medicare and Medicaid services may sound like good news for the healthcare system. In reality, it highlights a much bigger problem: hospitals already enjoy an unfair advantage while patients are stuck footing inflated bills. As Charles Sauer writes in the Boston 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…
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…
As Congress races to finalize a major spending bill, a small but critical reform quietly vanished from the negotiating table—site-neutrality. The provision would have leveled the playing field between hospitals and independent doctors by paying them the same rate for the same services. But in Washington, common sense reforms often 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 RealClearHealth, US Policy Editor Charles Sauer lays out a critical test for the House Debt and Oversight and Government Efficiency Committee (DOGE): will they deliver real reform or just scratch the surface? In the excerpt below, Sauer highlights how one straightforward, bipartisan fix — Site-Neutral payments in healthcare — Read more…
Following the conclusion of the Doctors Forum, Market Institute hosted a Site Neutrality Happy Hour to illustrate healthcare payment disparities in a tangible, real-world way. Congressional staff and Members of Congress were invited to participate in a hands-on demonstration designed to show how price differences—rather than quality or outcomes—drive behavior Read more…