MedPage Today December 3, 2018
– Also takes aim at “certificate of need” regulation
WASHINGTON — Easing scope-of-practice laws and streamlining graduate medical education (GME) funding would make U.S. healthcare more competitive and efficient, the Trump administration said Monday.
“Reduced competition among clinicians leads to higher prices for healthcare services, and reduces choice… Government policies have reduced competition by restricting the available supply of providers and restricting the range of services they offer,” said a senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, during a call with reporters to discuss a new report called “Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition.”
President Trump called for the report, issued jointly by the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, in an...
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