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  • Better delivery of health care at grassroots level focus of health care discussion

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Nov 21, 2017

    Delivering health care at the grassroots level and asking how it can be done better were the focus of a panel discussion Monday involving experts from across the country.

  • Bipartisan health bill may have the 60 votes, but McConnell may not be willing to take it to floor

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Oct 26, 2017

    A bipartisan health bill would slightly decrease the deficit over 10 years and there would be no significant reduction in the number of people with insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

  • Medical innovation driven largely by private sector, not government funding, professor says

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Sep 7, 2017

    Recent indications that the Trump administration is seeking to slash approximately $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health budget has touched off debate about public versus private medical research and the impact those budget cuts could have on the development of new therapies and medicines to treat patients.

  • Speculation that Senate health care bill will differ wildly from House version may be overstated

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Jun 15, 2017

    Speculation that Republican Senate leaders will draft a health care bill that is hugely different than the measure that passed the House is "vastly overstated," Tom Miller, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said.

  • House poised to vote on amended health care bill

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | May 3, 2017

    The U.S. House could vote as early as this week on a revised health care bill following the filing of amendments designed to bridge the gap between different camps that led to an earlier version being pulled before a vote.

  • Gottlieb to Senate committee: FDA must be a 'regulatory watchdog'

    People
    John Breslin | Apr 6, 2017

    The nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration faced questions today over his business connections to health care and pharmaceutical companies and promised lawmakers he would be an "impartial and passionate advocate for public health."

  • No move on Republican health care bill for months, expert predicts

    Community
    John Breslin | Apr 3, 2017

    In the weeks leading up to the collapse of the American Health Care Act, health policy expert Joseph Antos warned Republicans to take their time and improve of some of the provisions in the bill.

  • Some warn of ill effects of health care repeal, delay

    Public Policy
    Karen Kidd | Feb 24, 2017

    While debate continues regarding the repeal or revision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), lawmakers need to reassure insurance companies that their market will exist in 2018 and beyond, according to a health care law professor and writer.

  • Research suggests e-cigarettes "poorly understood"

    Public Policy
    Carol Ostrow | Jan 8, 2017

    The American Enterprise Institute recently published an article examining the e-cigarette industry, particularly striving to determine whether the haze surrounding public perception of the business is as pervasive as it was one year ago.

  • Affordable Care Act, Medicare payments among issues Price would face

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Jan 4, 2017

    As health care issues took center stage in Washington Wednesday, physicians and policy experts are evaluating the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) as secretary of Health and Human Services.

  • Ryan's plan for Medicare could face pushback from seniors

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Dec 2, 2016

    Republicans intent on making changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will find it difficult to alter the way Medicare is delivered, according to experts watching closely what might happen with the new Trump administration.

  • Paul Ryan introduces Obamacare alternative

    Vimbai Chikomo | Jul 11, 2016

    House Speaker Paul Ryan recently laid out a health care plan that would serve as a Republican alternative to Obamacare, leaving some of the health care law’s current provisions in place and replacing the less popular ones.

  • Health care experts offer solutions to fix Obamacare-related problems during House committee hearing

    Public Policy
    Vimbai Chikomo | May 17, 2016

    The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce recently held a hearing to evaluate health care solutions that promote consumer choice and innovation in how health care plans are designed.

  • Obamacare's positive effect on Americans is exaggerated, according to political expert

    Public Policy
    Vimbai Chikomo | Apr 18, 2016

    Six years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly referred to as Obamacare, an expert has pointed out that the Obama administration’s claim that ACA benefits millions of Americans is true, but exaggerated.

  • AEI fellow outlines policy reforms -- including Obamacare changes -- needed for rapid small business growth

    People
    Kim Sunderland | Apr 18, 2016

    As the rate of business startup activity in the United States flatlines, changes in national health policy, among others, could help turn around the situation, an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) expert said last week.

  • Clinton's recommended drug cap could be bad news for innovation

    People
    Kerry Goff | Feb 19, 2016

    Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton announced in late September that she would demand a stop to excessive profiteering and marketing costs by encouraging innovation and new treatments from drug companies — including a stop to direct-to-consumer drug company advertising subsidies — and reinvesting funds in research.

  • AEI fellow anticipates cost increase for health care coverage under Obamacare

    Public Policy
    Kerry Goff | Feb 9, 2016

    The Congressional Budget Office recently lowered the health care enrollment projections for 2016 by almost 40 percent. James Capretta, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said this reduction can be explained by previous projections that were unrealistically high.

  • AEI fellow stresses importance of FDA restructuring to assess novel areas of technology

    People
    Kerry Goff | Jan 21, 2016

    Dr. Scott Gottlieb recently spoke to the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Berkeley, California, to address how the FDA needs to adapt its approach to pre-market regulations of novel areas of technology -- such as gene therapy -- focusing on measures of risk rather than clinical applications.

  • AEI health care scholar stresses need for Medicare reform

    Public Policy
    Kerry Goff | Jan 5, 2016

    Recent discussions about the antiquities of Medicare and how it is shaping the future of health care have been heating up, especially with respect to Obamacare reform and Medicare’s place within the system. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is one organization that has called for Medicare reform, emphasizing its importance.

  • AEI introduces agenda for Obamacare-related health care improvements

    Public Policy
    Kerry Goff | Dec 21, 2015

    A recent report was issued by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), which laid out an agenda for the reform of health and health care, offering ways to redirect health care to more efficient practices in the wake of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).



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