The Uninsured: A Study of Health Plan Initiatives and the Lessons Learned
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
The Uninsured: A Study of Health Plan Initiatives and the Lessons Learned
Answering Critics
In last week's newsletter, I briefly referred to an article from the Feb. 20 Wall Street Journal, saying that I believed it raised questions about the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program as a model for Medicare modernization. This concept is central to plans by the Bush administration and congressional leaders to strengthen and improve Medicare. While the article contained a good balance of … [Read more...] about Answering Critics
Answering Critics
In last week's newsletter, I briefly referred to an article from the Feb. 20 Wall Street Journal, saying that I believed it raised questions about the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program as a model for Medicare modernization. This concept is central to plans by the Bush administration and congressional leaders to strengthen and improve Medicare. While the article contained a good balance … [Read more...] about Answering Critics
Seniors Launch Misguided Drug War
The latest battle in the international drug wars involves senior citizens boycotting Tums and Geritol to punish a British-based company that refuses to go along with an effort by Canadian pharmacists to break U.S. law. This bizarre scenario has come about because the maker of Tums and Geritol -- GlaxoSmithKline -- announced last month that it would stop selling its prescription drug products to … [Read more...] about Seniors Launch Misguided Drug War