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Health Care in the Next Administration & Congress: A 2025 Agenda

WebBrian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National …

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Improving Medicare Through Medicare Advantage

WebMedicare is the largest federal health care program in terms of spending, with annual expenditures of over $900 billion in 2022. This exceeds national defense and is second …

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Need for Oversight, Accountability, and Reform

WebThe two defining government health policies of the past decade—the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the federal response to COVID-19—have …

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Medicaid Reform and the American Health Safety Net

WebThe purpose of a health care safety net is articulated in Medicaid’s statutory charge: “Furnish rehabilitation and other services to help such families and individuals attain or …

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Federal Health Programs Need Reform

WebTo avoid exhausting fiscal space over the next 30 years, federal health spending would need to be reduced by 7.5 and 18.3 percent of the baseline—or between …

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Setting the Record Straight on Medicaid Redeterminations

WebBrian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National …

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Resisting the Wave of Medicaid Expansion

WebBelow are the key takeaways if Florida were to expand Medicaid. Enrollment would skyrocket, leading to massive public welfare growth and fewer workers per …

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Paragon Has Multiple Papers Referenced in Inside Health Policy

WebOn October 23, 2023, Paragon’s 2025 health policy roadmap and a recent Paragon paper written by Gregg Fann and Daniel Cruz were referenced in the Inside Health Policy …

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Contributors to Paragon Health Institute

WebParagon Health Institute (PHI) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit policy research institute. Any views, beliefs, or opinions expressed by PHI’s Public Advisors are those of its Advisors …

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Paragon's "Resisting the Wave of Medicaid Expansion" referenced …

WebBrian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National …

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Health Policy Experts Launch Paragon Health Institute to Develop

WebParagon’s efforts will rely on free-market solutions, innovation, patient choice, and competition. WASHINGTON –– Leading health policy experts today …

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Less Restrictive COVID Policies Beat More Restrictive Policies

WebThis is consistent with the earlier study’s findings that states with locked-down economies did not have significantly better health outcomes. 27 In that study, the economy score …

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Brian Blase, Ph.D.

WebBrian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National Economic Council …

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Long-Term Care: The Event

WebLong-term care (LTC) in the United States is dysfunctional, marked by nursing home bias, inadequate home care, dubious care quality, insufficient funding, caregiver …

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The Shortcomings of the ACA Exchanges

WebThe major findings of this research include: By 2021, enrollment in private insurance 3 was nearly equal to pre-ACA levels. Of the 19 million additional Americans with health …

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Where Are Provider Shortages

WebThe shortage area designations used by the federal government—Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations …

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Health Care Price Transparency: Wins, Challenges, and Next Steps

WebFederal action on health care price transparency has had three main thrusts. The first two originated from requirements in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111 …

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Resisting the Wave of Medicaid Expansion: Why Florida Is Right

WebIncluding federal dollars, Medicaid is the largest item in state budgets, eclipsing elementary and secondary education in 2003. In 2020, Medicaid accounted for 28.3 percent of total …

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