Archives: Mia Palmieri Heck / Articles
Archives: Mia Palmieri Heck / Articles
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States, Look Out: Don’t Let Licensing Boards Limit Access to Quality Care
Americans continue to experience an increase in the cost of healthcare, a trend largely advanced by the massive expansion of regulation triggered by implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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ALEC Applauds Confirmation of the Next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, M.D.
Price’s experience in Congress and new position as HHS Secretary will give him broad understanding and authority to repeal the debilitating taxes and subsidies mandated in Obamacare while replacing them with more pro-patient, market-based reforms.
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Incentivize Prescription Drug Policy by Encouraging Market Competition
The controversial and publicly scrutinized issue of prescription drug pricing is at the center of the debate about the high cost of healthcare in the U.S. and as a result,…
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21st Century Cures: Deregulation and reinvestment will modernize healthcare in the U.S.
Following three years of bipartisan compromise, President Obama has signed landmark legislation, the 21st Century Cures Act, into law. In contrast with the legislative process that brought Americans the Affordable Care…
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Apple’s Newest Acquisition Will Put Your Medical Records at Your Fingertips
Imagine having a medical emergency while you are on vacation, far from home and far from your usual healthcare service providers. You have a history of diabetes, cancer, hypertension, or…
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House Republicans Release Alternative to Obamacare
Considering each of these free-market reforms are critical as we seek solutions that will reverse the trend of increasing insurance premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs largely caused by the one-size-fits-all top-down regulatory requirements of Obamacare.
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Take a look at the “World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan”
House Representative Pete Sessions (TX-32) and Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy have introduced a Congressional proposal to amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill, officially titled Health Empowerment Liberty Plan…
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Audio: Representative Susan Brooks on the Federal Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Congresswoman Susan Brooks (IN-5) recently joined ALEC members on a conference call to discuss ideas and strategies in response to the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic in the U.S. The…
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DC District Court: Obamacare Subsidies ‘Unappropriated’
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) applauds today’s U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia civil action ruling the Obama administration has been improperly funding cost-sharing subsidies for up to 57 percent of people who have signed up for health coverage on Healthcare.gov.
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Digital Health Continues to Transform Healthcare
Through an improved and more efficient use of technology, digital health products have the capacity to help individuals be more engaged in monitoring their personal health, and will hopefully enable better communication so patients can help both themselves and doctors improve the healthcare they receive.
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New Technologies Can Help States Fight Opioid Abuse
The Ohio Legislature is also currently considering such a measure. If passing these bills is successful, physicians will gain greater authority to prescribe what they see as the best treatment for the individual, specifically those who are at higher-risk for drug abuse than other patients.
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President Obama’s Regulatory Reform
In the President’s world paradigm, growing the U.S. economy comes from investing in public programs, while the private sector engages in “loopholes” intending to “game the system” that in reality were perfectly legal actions in a tax system that is in desperate need of reform.
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Healthcare Cost Transparency
In the discussion on prescription drug pricing, the topic of transparency has been gaining traction in both state legislatures and in the media as the primary cause for the high…
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Hillarycare 2.0
The topic of healthcare has typically been a lightning rod election issue, and the 2016 presidential campaign is no exception. Hillary Clinton, oft remembered for her failed 1993 health reform…
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Dr. Merson and Jen Campisano chat with ALEC in Scottsdale
Dr. James Merson and cancer survivor Jen Campisano talked vital innovation at the 2015 ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. At age 32 – just five months…
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CMS ‘Reinsurance’ Program Deceives U.S. Treasury Department, Taxpayers
The list of failures, misrepresentations and falsities surrounding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is almost unending. First there was the assurance that under the ACA if Americans…
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Medical Innovation and the Business of Cures
By bringing cures that will eradicate diseases such as Hepatitis C to market, people are healthier, which leads to less doctor visits, reduces costly hospital stays, and helps patients avoid expensive surgeries such as liver transplants.
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Addressing West Virginia’s drug overdose problem
Death caused from drug overdose is reaching epidemic levels in communities across the country, with West Virginia ranking as one of the highest in the nation. According to a 2015…
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The Zika Threat
While only 20 percent of those infected will experience symptoms from the Zika virus, there are serious consequences from contracting this infection for pregnant mothers and unborn children. It is known to cause birth defects, including microcephaly, which causes small heads and brain damage in infants.
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New Report Offers Ways for State Legislators to Expand Access to Prescription Opioids while Fighting Opioid Abuse
Abuse-deterrent opioids may reduce long-term healthcare costs, according to a new paper released today by the American Legislative Exchange Council. The paper, “Optimizing the Abuse-deterrent Opioids Market,” written…