But economist Len Nichols, health care director for the centrist New America Foundation, says that insurers and providers in concentrated markets commonly ...
Firing back at the Republicans, Jason Delisle wrote in Higher Ed Watch, a blog at the New America Foundation, that the revised CBO estimate at the very least confirms that direct lending is significantly cheaper than the FFEL program, even if by a smaller margin than first thought. Delisle, who supports Miller’s bill, was formerly a Republican staffer on the Senate Budget Committee. ... Original Article
Brian Friel interviews Michael Dannenberg, former senior education counsel on the Senate HELP Committee, now senior fellow at the New America Foundation. ... Original Article
Len Nichols, who directs the centrist New America Foundation's health program, would impose automatic payment cuts for Medicare in high-cost regions if the ...
"This issue has got way out of proportion," says Len Nichols, health policy director at the centrist New America Foundation. The left and right have a shared interest in highlighting the public plan because it divides Democrats from Republicans more ...
Ben Cardin, D-Md. told an audience at a New America Foundation and Washington Monthly event. He said "direct government support" would "compromise the independence of our newspapers." Instead, Cardin made the case that his proposal to help newspapers ...
"It's a good thing that there are watchdogs out there watching," said Marc Goldwein, the policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "My own criticism is that it's a little bit of a distraction from the big picture. ...
Republicans, insurers, doctors, and hospitals worry that Medicare providers would be required to serve anyone in the new plan and to accept its prices, said Len Nichols, director of the health policy program at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit public policy institute. Original article (subscription required)
The kind of “public plan” Len Nichols lays out is a public plan in name only. If it operates under exactly the same rules then in what sense is it a public plan? Well, then, what is the big problem with it, one might ask. ...
Len Nichols, Director of the Health Policy Program, New America Foundation: Medicare reform and broader health system reform are inextricably linked. We cannot change our Medicare cost trajectories without reforming the broader health system because Medicare buys care from the same inefficient system as the rest of us... Original article
