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Biden Budget: Summary and Assessment of Medicaid Items | Open Health Policy
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If Medicaid Expansion Saves Lives, We Still Don't Know How | Open Health Policy
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Telehealth Payment Parity Laws at the State Level
During the coronavirus pandemic, the use of telehealth—especially real-time video conferencing to provide medical care—has
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Why We Have Federal Deficits: An Updated Analysis
Federal deficits are at historic highs, price inflation is rearing its head, and lawmakers are progressively losing control over
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Nursing the Opioid Crisis
The vast increase in demand for healthcare services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic was, and continues to be, a problem for
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West Virginia’s Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
In West Virginia, healthcare providers who wish to open or expand facilities must first obtain a certificate of need (CON). They
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For Greater Healthcare Access, License Physicians Like Pilots
The United States spends more on healthcare than any other nation—in absolute terms, as a percentage of gross domestic product
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Cost and Quality of Care in Physician-Owned Hospitals: A Systematic Review
Americans face challenges in accessing affordable hospital care as increasing hospital consolidation results in lower quality
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Depoliticizing Healthcare Licensure: Making Competence the New Standard for Licensing the Healthcare Workforce
In the United States, political considerations play too large of a role in the licensing of physicians and other healthcare
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Charles Blahous on Marketplace - Medicaid Expansion
Charles Blahous weighs in on whether Medicaid expansions would lead to net job creation. Listen on Soundcloud.
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As Texas Legislators Consider Expanding Medicaid, They Should Also Consider the Supply of Care
The Mercatus Healthcare Openness and Access Project (HOAP) offers some insights that could help the Texas legislature shape
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CMS’s Proposed Rule Is an Admirable First Step Toward Removing Healthcare Supply Barriers
I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) request for information
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First, Do No Harm: Three Ways That Policymakers Can Make It Easier for Healthcare Professionals to Do Their Jobs
COVID-19 presents a challenge of extraordinary scale and complexity. State policymakers across the country, like so many of us
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Regulators Could Allow Early Use of COVID-19 Vaccine or Treatment
Quickly developed therapeutic, prophylactic, and vaccine treatments will be essential to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Standard
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COVID-19 and the Future of the United States as a World Leader
Much of the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on how the US government manages the disruption this pandemic
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Decoding the Debates: Fugitive Notes on Federal Economic Policy
Dr. Charles Blahous, political economist and former senatorial adviser, presidential adviser, and Security and Medicare public

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New York City is a hot spot for illegal Medicaid enrollment
Brian Blase explains his findings in a study on improper Medicaid enrollments in New York City.Read it at the New York Post.
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The ACA's Medicaid Expansion
Before passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid covered individuals with disabilities, lower-income seniors, pregnant
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Why Obama Stopped Auditing Medicaid
Brian Blase and Aaron Yelowitz explain the reasons behind the stoppage of Medicaid audits and the consequences thereof.Read it
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Improper Medicaid Enrollment Following ACA Expansion
Aaron Yelowitz explains his research results finding an increase in improper Medicaid enrollments following the expansion of the