Paragon Health Institute

"We look at things from an economic perspective - what are the incentives in the programs? And we think there's enormous incentives created by government programs that lead to lots of waste and inefficiencies" Paragon's @brian_blase sums up our vision in a recent @NPR story.

"On the issue of Medicaid enrollment in multiple states, as Paragon Health Institute explains, the GOP bill asks states to 'use reliable, existing data sources—including address updates from managed care organizations—to track where beneficiaries live.'" @WSJopinion

Proud to call @RachKBarkley a dear friend. Spend a few minutes watching this video – it’s more than a story… It’s a call to action

📉New Paragon analysis shows rural hospital employment declines after states implement provider taxes. The impact gets worse over time. See Figure 2 👇 t2m.io/GY4jnCd

🚨The VA could be the perfect national testbed for AI-driven cost reductions in U.S. healthcare. Strengths: ✅ Serves 9.1M+ veterans across 1,380 facilities ✅ Controls clinical protocols and EHR/claims data ✅ No conflicting financial incentives 🔗t2m.io/kZgR8JM

🧵 (1/8) It can be scary to go to the hospital when you’re sick or injured, but it can be even more terrifying to get the bill. Hospitals can’t keep denying patients the info they need to make the best decisions for their families. Read my latest @NRO: nationalreview.com/2025/07/hospit…

In 2024, there were fewer than 2 workers to support every Medicaid recipient.

🚨 Meet the victims of Biden’s Enrollment-At-Any-Cost ACA exchange strategy 🚨 Policies empowered unscrupulous brokers to enroll individuals and switch plans without consent. Victims pay the financial, physical and emotional consequences. paragoninstitute.org/paragon-progno…

it really does a disservice to readers not to explain that the additional tax credits passed in 2021 and extended in 2022 were designed to address the covid pandemic and democrats were the ones that scheduled them to expire at the end of 2025 because the pandemic would be over.

Important piece from my colleague @Gjkalisz. The massive ACA exchange fraud did not just harm taxpayers. People got enrolled into plans or had plans switched without their consent. Some lost coverage for providers and medications. Others accumulated large tax liabilities.

📊 Over 80% of voters support requiring able-bodied, working-age adults to work to maintain Medicaid. The OBBB delivers—enacting community engagement requirements backed by: ✅ 90% of Republicans ✅ 79% of independents ✅ 71% of Democrats paragoninstitute.org/newsletter/ame…

🚨 NEW one-pager: Debunking the myth that OBBB cuts Medicaid ✓ OBBB slows spending growth, it doesn’t reduce benefits ✓ Reins in $1.9T in excessive spending driven by the Biden Admin ✓ Cracked down on Medicaid fraud, improper ACA enrollment, & costly regs…

CMS found 2.8 million Americans enrolled in two or more Medicaid or ACA plans - wasting over $14 Billion in taxpayer funding! This is exactly why we fought for stronger tools in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. cms.gov/newsroom/press…

“Provider taxes are basically funding gimmicks and legalized money laundering that allow states to scheme federal taxpayers into footing the bill for bailouts to hospitals,” said Dublois. dailycaller.com/2025/07/16/dem…

In a new brief, Liam Sigaud and Niklas Kleinworth assessed the impact of the Medicaid hospital tax scam on rural hospital jobs. They found that states implementing these taxes had a decrease in rural hospital employment compared to states w/o those taxes. paragoninstitute.org/medicaid/will-…

🚨NEW one-pager: Debunking the myth that OBBB’s Medicaid reforms are unpopular. ✅ 80% support work requirements ✅ 83% say Medicaid should not pay more than Medicare ✅ 57% oppose provider tax gimmicks ✅ 64% support removing ineligible enrollees Explore the facts:…

📢 Today at 10AM: Paragon's Kev Coleman will testify before the Senate HELP Committee. Topic: Freedom to Work: Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers He’ll discuss how Association Health Plans can lower health care costs for independent workers. Watch:…

"Out-of-pocket" is the key here. The question is what is the optimal share of the premium paid by taxpayers versus the enrollee. I think Obama got this right. And Biden got this wrong. Far too much of the premium under Biden was paid by taxpayers, which enabled massive fraud.

Could the VA be the key to cutting U.S. health care costs? A new Paragon analysis by Kev Coleman says yes—by serving as a national testbed for AI tools that drive savings without sacrificing care. 🔗t2m.io/bCWHRSU

🚨NEW from Paragon: We’re releasing a series of myth-busting one-pagers on the One Big Beautiful Bill’s health provisions. First up: debunking claims that OBBB will result in large coverage losses👇 t2m.io/V18oan2