Did President Biden backtrack on his pledge for increased public access to Medicare data?

Healthcare Economist February 20, 2024
Jason Shafrin

The Biden Administration promised more access to Medicare data. Then the reverse happened. ProPublica explains:

In January, the Biden administration pledged to increase public access to a wide array of Medicare information to improve health care for America’s most sick and vulnerable. Some Medicare plans’ lack of transparency “deprives researchers and doctors of critical data to evaluate problems and trends in patient care,” said Xavier Becerra, the secretary of health and human services, in a statement.

So researchers across the country were flummoxed this week when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a proposal that will increase fees and diminish access to claims data that has informed thousands of health care studies and influenced major public health...

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