It is time for Congress to again tackle sweeping health care reform - sweeping aside bureaucratically-driven programs and ushering in a new era of consumer-driven health care. Political leaders have been trying for decades to increase the number of Americans with health insurance. Congress has enacted new programs to covered uninsured children, and states have significantly expanded access to … [Read more...] about Pro Sweeping Change for Health Reform
Seniors Need More Choices
President Bush wants to create new options for Medicare beneficiaries to give them the same choices of private health plans that member of Congress already have. Critics demean the proposal, claiming that Medicare is a great program as it is and that its only problem is lack of a drug benefit. Yet the agency that runs Medicare - the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- says the … [Read more...] about Seniors Need More Choices
HRA Works for the Healthy
IN THIS ISSUE: BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON LOOKS TO 2003 HEALTHLEADERS FEATURES HUMANA NEW YORK TIMES ? HRA WORKS FOR THE HEALTHY RWJ?S ?COVER THE UNINSURED WEEK? NEXT WEEK BLUES ? MOST UNINSURED CAN GET COVERAGE ALREADY U.S. ALREADY SPEND $35 BILLION ON UNINSURED BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON LOOKS TO 2003 I still have some catching up to do after my January … [Read more...] about HRA Works for the Healthy
State Children's Health Insurance Programs: Past and Present
Reforming Medicaid in Ohio
Increased Drug R&D Through Increased Promotion
108th Congress Has Opportunity to Liberate MSAs
This article originally appeared in the March 2003 issue of Health Care News. How well would Individual Retirement Accounts work if they were available only to employees of businesses with fewer than 50 people? What if Section 529 College Savings Plans could be started only by the self-employed? Suppose Sec. 125 Cafeteria Plans were available only to employees whose last name began with a Q? In … [Read more...] about 108th Congress Has Opportunity to Liberate MSAs