The Heritage Foundation held a briefing today in the Rayburn House Office Building to discuss the policy flaws in the Medicare bills. The speakers were Ed Haislmaier, visiting research fellow at Heritage, and Walt Francis, an independent economist and policy analyst. Bob Moffit, director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation moderated. Ed Haislmaier said the design … [Read more...] about Seniors Will Demand Supplemental Coverage
Focus on Resources
IN THIS ISSUE: Focus on Resources: Galen's Consumer Driven Health Care Directory FactCheckers.Org Independence Institute Medical Tuesday Americans for Free Choice in Medicine Citizens' Council on Health Care National Association of Manufacturers EBIA Weekly National Center for Policy Analysis State Policy Network … [Read more...] about Focus on Resources
Focus on Resources
IN THIS ISSUE: Focus on Resources: Galen's Consumer Driven Health Care Directory FactCheckers.Org Independence Institute Medical Tuesday Americans for Free Choice in Medicine Citizens' Council on Health Care National Association of Manufacturers EBIA Weekly National Center for Policy Analysis State Policy Network … [Read more...] about Focus on Resources
Single Payer Follies
Jolting the health policy debate out of the August doldrums, nearly 8,000 physicians recently announced that they are supporting a taxpayer-funded, single-payer health care system based on "an expanded and improved version of traditional Medicare." In their utopian plan, the federal government would pay for all physician and hospital care, and patients would not be required to pay co-payments or … [Read more...] about Single Payer Follies
Single Payer Follies
Jolting the health policy debate out of the August doldrums, nearly 8,000 physicians recently announced that they are supporting a taxpayer-funded, single-payer health care system based on "an expanded and improved version of traditional Medicare." In their utopian plan, the federal government would pay for all physician and hospital care, and patients would not be required to pay co-payments or … [Read more...] about Single Payer Follies
Fantasyland
To jolt the health policy debate out of the August doldrums, nearly 8,000 physicians announced this week that they are supporting a taxpayer-funded, single-payer health care system based on ?an expanded and improved version of traditional Medicare.? In this fantasyland plan, the federal government would pay for all physician and hospital care ? without any co-payments or deductibles ? and also … [Read more...] about Fantasyland
Fantasyland
To jolt the health policy debate out of the August doldrums, nearly 8,000 physicians announced this week that they are supporting a taxpayer-funded, single-payer health care system based on ?an expanded and improved version of traditional Medicare.? In this fantasyland plan, the federal government would pay for all physician and hospital care ? without any co-payments or deductibles ? and also … [Read more...] about Fantasyland
Transform Medicare Rather Than Reform It
The American Enterprise Institute held a forum on Tuesday to highlight changes that should be made to Medicare to bring the program into the 21st Century. Speakers included former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, now a fellow at AEI, Walton Francis, an independent economist and policy analyst, Joe Antos of AEI, Dr. Carolyn Clancy of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Rick Ratliff of … [Read more...] about Transform Medicare Rather Than Reform It