Doctors and patients have endured enough pay cuts from Medicare

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September 22, 2025

Doctors and patients have endured enough pay cuts from Medicare

Doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries are in for leaner times, judging from the program’s recently announced reimbursement update. And it will be those beneficiaries who will pay the price. The proposed changes to Medicare’s “fee schedule” would technically increase doctor reimbursement by 2.5%. But the government is also proposing to cut payments for many procedures with […]

Free school lunches are making childhood obesity worse

Earlier this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) visited a Long Island elementary school to mark the launch of the state’s Universal School Meals Program. The program, part of Hochul’s affordability agenda, will offer free breakfast and lunch to all 2.7 million public school students, reducing child hunger and saving families an estimated $165 […]

Trump’s art of the deal play on healthcare could slash medical costs

Democrats have long held a political edge when it comes to healthcare, but President Donald Trump is now shifting the landscape in Republicans’ favor. This comes after skyrocketing healthcare costs resulting from years of special interest-fueled policies and failed liberal political agendas finally began taking their toll. In tandem, several smart, commonsense, Trump-aligned policy proposals […]

Hospitals worry their drug scam may be exposed

Americans assume hospitals are in the business of keeping us healthy, not of buying drugs inexpensively and then reselling them with a huge markup. We like to — alas, naively — assume that the Hippocratic oath applies to the whole medical community. Unfortunately, an ongoing federal program seems to have pushed many hospitals away from […]

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