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Survey Finds Spotty Compliance Among Hospitals with Federal Price Transparency Law
/in Featured, Healthcare, Press Releases, Press Releases: Health Care, Press Releases: Healthcare Transparency /by Editorial StaffA 2019 federal law requires hospitals to make prices for 300 shoppable services available online in a “consumer-friendly format,” but a Pioneer Institute survey of 19 hospitals finds that information on discounted cash prices—the price most likely to be charged to consumers paying out of pocket—was unavailable at seven of those hospitals. Of the 300 services for which prices are required to be made available online, 70 are dictated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Massachusetts Hospitals: Uneven Compliance with New Federal Price Transparency Law,” prepared by Pioneer Senior Fellow Barbara Anthony and Research Associate Serena Hajjar, looked at 35 of the 70 services at the 19 hospitals, and found that compliance rates ranged from 60 percent (Emerson Hospital) to 97 percent (Mass General).
Georgia’s Alisha Thomas Searcy on School Choice, Teacher Unions, & Elections
/in Featured, Podcast, School Choice /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard talk with Alisha Thomas Searcy, the Democratic nominee for Georgia state school superintendent. She shares her experience as a former six-term state legislator and school leader; her recent bid for Georgia’s top education post; and her passion for K-12 education reform.
Legal Property Theft: Legal Defense Against Town Taxman Taking Neediests’ Deeds
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffThis week on Hubwonk, host Joe Selvaggi talks with President of PioneerLegal and retired federal judge, Hon. Frank J. Bailey, about PioneelLegal’s work to advocate for the U.S. constitutional prohibition against the practice of municipalities taking an the entire value of a property to settle a relatively small tax debt, a procedure legal in Massachusetts and thirteen other states.
Pioneer Institute Statement on Question 1
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, Graduated Income Tax, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffYesterday, voters came closer than many expected to rejecting the largest tax increase in Massachusetts history, even though opponents were dramatically outspent by the unions that bankrolled the amendment to the state Constitution.
KaiPod Learning’s Amar Kumar on Homeschooling Pods & Blended Education
/in Featured, Podcast, School Choice, Virtual Schools /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard talk with Amar Kumar, founder and CEO of KaiPod Learning, a network of in-person education centers for online learners and homeschoolers, based in Massachusetts. They discuss how the pandemic dramatically changed parents’ sentiments about their traditional public schools, opening the door to wider private school choice options, including homeschooling, micro schools, and pods.