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States Realize the Importance of Price Transparency in Healthcare
In recent years, the “price transparency in health care” movement has continued to gain momentum—a shift that has the potential to completely reshape the relationship between healthcare providers, patients, and…
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2025 State Wins and the One Big Beautiful Bill: Jonathan Williams on The Hugh Hewitt Show
Appearing on The Hugh Hewitt Show, ALEC President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams unpacked recent developments in Medicaid reform, federal tax policy, and state-level…
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ALEC Policy Champions Ensure Health Care Price Transparency for Oklahoma Patients
ALEC is proud to recognize Oklahoma Sen. Casey Murdock and Rep. Mark Lepak for their leadership in passing SB 889, one of the strongest health care price transparency laws…
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Restoring the Integrity of Medicaid in Indiana
Medicaid is at the forefront of the healthcare policy debate. The program takes up around one third of most state budgets, meaning changes to eligibility or coverage have a significant…
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Medicaid at a Crossroads: Brooklyn Roberts on Real America’s Voice
In a recent interview on Real America’s Voice with host Steve Gruber, Brooklyn Roberts, ALEC Senior Task Force Director for Health…
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Medicaid Overspending Spurs Push for Reform in the States: Brooklyn Roberts on NewsTalkSTL
During a recent interview with NewsTalkSTL hosts Tim Jones and Chris Arps, Brooklyn Roberts, ALEC Health and Human Services Senior Task Force…
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Reforming Medicaid and Renewing the Tax Cuts: Jonathan Williams on The Hugh Hewitt Show
Appearing on The Hugh Hewitt Show, ALEC President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams highlighted the need for fiscal discipline and structural reform—particularly in Medicaid.
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The Economic and Social Consequences of Medicaid Expansion: Jonathan Williams on American Radio Journal
As usual in Washington, the road to fiscal ruin is paved with good intentions and taxpayer dollars, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Medicaid—one of the largest and…
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States Should Implement Creative Medicaid Reforms: Brooklyn Roberts in The Center Square
In the ongoing discussion on Medicaid spending in the federal budget, reporter Thérèse Boudreaux spoke with ALEC Health and Human Services Senior Task Force Director…
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ALEC Letter to Congress on Need for Medicaid Reform
Dear Members of the 119th United States Congress, As the federal budget debate continues, Congress has an important opportunity to re-examine Medicaid, one of the largest and most mismanaged welfare…
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Medicaid Reform Amid Soaring Federal Interest Costs: Jonathan Williams on NewsTalkSTL
As Washington wrestles with record-high debt amid ongoing budget negotiations, questions about the future of Medicaid funding have become a flashpoint on Capitol Hill among fiscal conservatives.
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States Set on Medicaid Reforms
Medicaid is one of the fastest-growing areas of federal expenditures and makes up close to a third of most state budgets. With Medicaid expansion costs ballooning past expectations, many…
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Patients Win as Wyoming Repeals Its Last CON Law
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has inspired many policymakers to look at ways they can help Americans be healthier. While most of the MAHA policies focus on…
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Health Care Price Transparency Is Having a Michigan Moment
This week, Michigan moved closer to joining a growing number of states that have enacted healthcare price transparency policies on a bipartisan basis. SB 95, sponsored by Senator Jonathan…
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Medicaid Expansion: A Costly Gamble for the States
In addition to the regular federal funding for state Medicaid programs, the Affordable Care Act provided states that expanded their Medicaid populations with the funding to do so. While it…
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President Trump Can Fix Biden’s Price Fixing Fiasco
On his final weekday in office, former President Biden took one last parting shot at the healthcare industry by adding fifteen new drugs to the Medicare price negotiation list created…
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340B Program Should Be a Priority for DOGE
As efforts to make the federal government more efficient get underway, 340B is a great place to start. This federal program allows qualifying hospitals to buy drugs at steep discounts…
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ALEC Policy Champions: Representatives Barhorst and Ferguson Deliver Price Transparency for Ohio Patients
Bringing more price transparency to healthcare is an Essential Policy Solution for ALEC in 2025. As healthcare costs continue to soar, we’ve seen states take the lead in ensuring…
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Elections Will Have a Major Impact on Healthcare
Elections are just around the corner and all eyes are on the Presidential race. When it comes to health care issues, the divide between the candidates is more like a…
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Patients Win as States Recognize the Right to Try Cutting Edge Treatments
The right of patients, particularly terminal patients, to try experimental drugs and therapies has been a hotly contested issue. The Right to Try Act of 2017 was passed by Congress…