One Week At CMS: Steps Toward Transformative Changes Grace-Marie Turner Contributor https://galen.org/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2018/08/11/one-week-at-cms-steps-toward-transformative-changes/#5206436115ac The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services is continuing the drumbeat of modernizing the two gargantuan programs it runs to generate more accountability, greater transparency, and provide better value for both patients and taxpayers. Administrator Seema Verma announced on Thursday a new […]

By Herman Cain Former Presidential candidate September 19, 2018 Imagine government bureaucrats in Washington deciding whether your life is worth saving or not. Such a nightmare that could very well become a reality should the Democrats get their way. When the government gets involved in healthcare, it always leads to disaster and death — and […]

by Doug Badger Published on July 24, 2018 Abstract The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new system of Medicare reimbursement for clinical diagnostic laboratory services in January 2018. The new fee schedule reduces 2018 rates by 10 percent, compared with 2017 rates, for 17 of the 25 tests that collectively accounted […]

Posted By Art Moore On 08/20/2018 Frontpage,Diversions,Money, Politics,U.S.  | George Soros The recent wave of censorship of conservative voices on the internet by tech giants Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Apple mirrors a plan concocted by a coalition of George Soros-funded, progressive groups to take back power in Washington from President Trump’s administration. A confidential, 49-page […]

Last month’s Postings: In The July 2018 Issue Featured Article: Susan Maxwell Skinner – Photojournalist and Singer In the News: The Moral Collapse of American Jewish Institutions International Medicine: Expo to celebrate NHS’s 70th August 15, 2018 Medicare: Health Care Innovation Medical Gluttony: Toxic Masculinity Medical Myths: Conversion Therapy Isn’t the Cure for ‘Toxic Masculinity’ […]

The Galen Institute, Grace-Marie Turner President, galen.org founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. Grace-Marie has been instrumental in developing and promoting ideas for reform to transfer power over health care decisions to doctors and patients.  She speaks and writes extensively about incentives to promote a more competitive, […]

Iconoclast, Legendary CEO Marchionne Dies Wednesday, July 25, 2018, age 66 Posted on July 25, 2018 In 2009, in his first address to employees at Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne invoked the Zulu greeting “sawubona.” It means “I see you.” And the traditional response is “sikona,” or “I am here.” “The sequence of the exchange is important,” […]

On August 1st, 1137, King Louis VI dies and is succeeded by his son Louis VII, who will launch the Second Crusade. On August 1st, 1291, The Republic of Switzerland was founded. (Swiss Independence Day.) On August 1st, 1291, the communities of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden form an alliance known as the Swiss Confederation to […]

The Controversial Text That Saved Me I’m a Catholic thanks to ‘Humanae Vitae.’ It’s about a lot more than birth control. By Ashley McGuire, Author of “Sex Scandal: The Drive to Abolish Male and Female” WSJ | July 26, 2018 I first read “Humanae Vitae”—which Pope Paul VI published 50 years ago July 29—when I […]

Facebook has asked banks to share financial information about customers, including bank account balances as it seeks to boost user engagement. Once you have invaded privacy, there is no limit to how far you can delve. USERS BEWARE! * * * * * Why would Gavin Newsom lose 160,000 followers or 10 percent this week […]