The Keckley Report

Last Thursday, the Medicare Trustees released their latest assessment of the long-term adequacy of the Trust Funds that reimburse hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, physicians and prescription drugs of behalf…

This week, Uvalde TX will bury the 21 victims of last Tuesday’s slaughter at Robb Elementary School—the 27th school shooting this year. State, local and federal officials will promise policy…

Questions the U.S. Delegation to the World Economic Forum should Bring Home to the U.S. Health System At the Davos World Economic Forum this week in Switzerland, 310 government and…

In healthcare, the event potentially most consequential to consumers for at least the next 3 years happened last week—the Senate confirmation of Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission. The…

Politico broke its story at 8:32 pm last Monday: “Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows.” Reporters Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward’s article spread like wildfire…

Since March 2020, America’s focus has been on the pandemic. Most think the worst is past while fear of a new Omicron variant wave lingers. Since January 2022, the U.S….

In its most recent survey for the Physicians Advocacy Institute, Avalere found: ·        Physician employment by hospitals, health systems or corporate entities increased from 62.2% in January 2019 to 73.9…

Last week, the Lown Institute issued its latest report card on not-for-profit hospitals finding most undeserving of their tax breaks. In its analysis of 2019 tax filings by 1800 hospitals…

Inflation hit a 40-year high of 7.9% in the first quarter of 2022. Driven by higher gas and food prices, the average household’s expenses have increased $433/month this year and…

Last Monday, Medicare Trustees released the 56th edition of their National Health Expenditures (NHE) Forecast for 2021-2030 which is widely used by policymakers and operators to gauge what’s ahead for…