The State of Social Security Introduction Social Security has paid out more in benefits than it collects in payroll taxes every year since 2010. It covers the difference by drawing on its trust fund. That is not supposed to be a crisis. The program spent a quarter century building that reserve for exactly this, and it still holds trillions. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Healthcare
Impact of AI on Healthcare
Executive Summary Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) has had a large impact on healthcare by streamlining clinical workflows as well as medical research. Unlike many consumer-facing AI models such as ChatGPT, medical AI solutions are designed to assist with specific purposes such as electronic health record (EHR) documentation, radiological image analysis, and protein structure prediction. A … Continue reading
Direct Primary Care: A Divisive Yet Promising Development in Health Care
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Access to primary care is a key component of achieving the best possible health outcomes for both individuals and communities. Primary care providers (PCPs) foster steady relationships with their patients and serve as a consistent source of care, which is essential for prevention, early detection, and management of diseases and chronic conditions. … Continue reading
An Analysis of the Current Rural Health Crisis
Executive Summary: •Rural health care in the United States is facing a crisis of hospital closures and service cuts, a lack of primary care physicians, and overall negative health outcomes compared with urban and suburban areas. •Rural hospitals are cutting key services such as chemotherapy, OB services, and, in some cases, inpatient care altogether. •Rural … Continue reading
AI Regulation Updates in the Healthcare Sector
Introduction As Artificial Intelligence (AI) expands into different sectors of United States society, deciding how to regulate AI while still allowing innovation is a pressing problem. In the healthcare sector, there have been multiple lawsuits regarding the use of AI. These span both the insurance and care provider industries, with concerns of bias in AI … Continue reading
Europe / Healthcare / Home Health Services / Medicare / UN
Gear Up: A Comparison of Durable Medical Equipment in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom
Executive Summary: Introduction: Following recent legislation and proposed regulations that look to reduce Medicare or other state-funded spending to that of other similarly situated countries, these reforms may overlook the key differences of the drivers of each nation’s individual health care marketplace. While – international comparisons can sometimes be helpful, comparing the price, reimbursement, and … Continue reading
Inhaler Pricing: A Lack of Market Competition
Executive Summary: Introduction: On January 8th, 2024 the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) sent letters to the CEOs of the four largest manufacturers of inhalers sold in the United States (AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and Teva) launching an investigation into the high price of inhalers used for Asthma and Chronic … Continue reading
Housing as Healthcare: Medicaid’s New Program Sparks Debate
Executive Summary: Introduction: On November 16th, 2023, The Biden Administration released a press statement in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announcing the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Framework, a framework that sets up states to use appropriate interventions to support housing efforts for certain Medicaid … Continue reading
The MOM Model: New Strides and Shortcomings in the Fight Against Maternal Opioid Misuse
Executive Summary: Introduction: In May of 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center published its second-year evaluation report, noting low enrollment and barriers in providing equitable care, pointing to a challenging first year of implementation in the MOM (Maternal Opioid Misuse) Model. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center created the MOM … Continue reading
We Were Born to Die: STI Rates’ Exponential Increase in the U.S.
Executive Summary Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have alerted an increasing STI epidemic with a reported 2.5 million cases in 2022. In response to cases rising, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched an STI initiative. One of the STIs experiencing the more drastic growth in cases is … Continue reading
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