Author Archives: Mia Heck
Author Archives: Mia Heck
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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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Maryland’s Experiment with Global Budget Revenue
In 2014, Maryland phased out a Medicare fee-for-service payment system in favor of a Global Budget Revenue system. In the other forty-nine states, hospitals are paid using fee-for-service, which results…
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Amending Synthetic Drug Control Act
Section 1. Short Title. Amending Synthetic Drug Control Section 2. Purpose. Adds various synthetic drug compounds including various structural classes of those compounds to the list of Schedule I controlled…
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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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Medical Speech & Practice Protection Act
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the Medical Practice Protection Act. Section 2. Purpose. THIS STATE, ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE OR ANY DEPARTMENT OR…
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Freedom To Share At College Act
Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share at College Act.” Section 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section,…
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The Site Neutral Payment Policy Act
Model Legislation Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the Site Neutral Payment Policy Act. Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Act is to ensure patients and…
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First Responder Immunity Act
Section 1. (1) In this section: (a) “Department” means [insert agency responsible for EMS in the state]. (b) “Fire fighter” means any person employed by the state or any political…
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Suicide Prevention in Higher Education Resolution
WHEREAS, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college and university students; WHEREAS, The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s research strategy for reducing national suicide rates by…
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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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Freestanding Emergency Centers
Freestanding emergency centers (FECs) could transform emergency healthcare services in the United States. Due to overcrowded waiting rooms, long wait times, inefficient processes and below-average customer service, emergency room visits…
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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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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.