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Small Cannabis Producers Have Bigger Problems than State Taxes and Regulation
Removing regulations and taxes on cannabis sales would take away resources that are needed to address legitimate public health concerns and won’t solve the supply-side problem.
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A New Approach to Cancer Bundled Payments in Medicare—The Enhancing Oncology Model
Schaeffer Nonresident Senior Fellow Bob Kocher discusses the elements of CMMI’s new Enhancing Oncology Model, explores its likelihood of success, and discusses its relative shortcomings in a new JAMA Health Forum Viewpoint.
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Shame Won’t Solve America’s Obesity Crisis: How Congress Can Help
If saving lives is the objective, then logic, clinical evidence and compassion dictate that Medicare should pay for preventing and treating obesity, starting now.
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The Inflation Reduction Act Is Already Killing Potential Cures
The law’s price controls do away with incentives for research and development of life-saving drugs.
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Multi-Year Medicare Physician Fee Freeze Threatens Access: Pair Relief With Reforms
With fees frozen, high inflation threatens access to care and has other consequences.
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CMS’s Alzheimer’s Coverage Policy Will Inhibit Access and Discourage Innovation
Individuals in underserved communities have to travel long distances, well beyond the 30-minute standard, to access clinical trial sites for Aduhelm.
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During the Height of the Opioid Epidemic, the Out-of-Pocket Price of Naloxone Increased by Over 500%
A jump in the out-of-pocket price of naloxone has likely made the lifesaving drug too expensive for most uninsured Americans.
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Bumpy Road Ahead for Lecanemab Approval
How to ensure lecanemab doesn’t wind up like aducanumab.
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Comments on AHRQ Analysis of Requirements for Coverage with Evidence Development
Researchers submitted a comment letter on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s analysis for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)’s requirements for Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) study design.
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Tweak the Affordable Care Act to Mandate Backstop Health Insurance
Universal coverage could be achieved through a “backstop” insurance that auto-enrolls uninsured patients when they seek care.
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