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Price controls for prescription drugs promise to do what everybody wants: bring down the cost of life-saving medications with no negative consequences – in other words, a free lunch.
News watchers around the U.S. have likely seen the warnings: without certificate of need (CON) laws, hospitals will be forced to close their doors when for-profit organizations open and cherry pick commercially insured patients, leaving those in rural areas without care.
Popular and effective, the Medicare Advantage (MA) program has become the preferred way to receive health benefits for more than half of the 64 million elderly and disabled Americans who rely on Medicare for their health insurance coverage.
CON laws are associated with fewer rural hospitals and fewer ASCs, which drive up healthcare costs, limit patient access to needed services, and reduce quality of care.
How certificate of need laws harm patients
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), today, released a report revealing that Tennessee’s certificate of need (CON) law, over the last two decades, has denied $1.5 billion in new investment in the health care industry, adversely affecting patients in the Volunteer State.
An HSA (short for Health Savings Account), is one of the most valuable tools for saving money on health care costs a person can have. However, many Americans don’t fully understand what they are.
What is the difference between an HSA, FSA, and HRA?
It’s like alphabet soup.
