Responses to President Bush's new health initiative have filled newspapers and the airwaves since last week, with commentators and analysts trying to understand this new idea and figure out what it would mean. While opinion leaders from the left and right have praised Mr. Bush for exposing the fundamental flaws in how the tax code treats health insurance, response has been chilly among some with a … [Read more...] about Change is Inevitable
Competition Works
Appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including The Vindicator (OH), The Charleston Gazette (WV), Sunday Gazette-Mail (WV), The Kansas City Star (MO), and The Charlotte Observer (NC). Competition works in health care, and consumers are starting to exercise their buying power to get better choices and bring prices down. For example, costs for the new Medicare drug benefit are lower … [Read more...] about Competition Works
Competition Works
Appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including The Vindicator (OH), The Charleston Gazette (WV), Sunday Gazette-Mail (WV), The Kansas City Star (MO), and The Charlotte Observer (NC). Competition works in health care, and consumers are starting to exercise their buying power to get better choices and bring prices down. For example, costs for the new Medicare drug benefit are lower … [Read more...] about Competition Works
Bold New Policy
Before treating a patient, a physician starts with a good diagnosis. And that's just what President Bush has done with his health reform proposals. Rather than treating symptoms, he has offered a remedy for a root cause of the health sector's high costs and consequent high uninsured rates. "Changing the tax code is a vital and necessary step to making healthcare affordable for more Americans," Mr. … [Read more...] about Bold New Policy
Response to President Bush's Bold Health Reform Proposal
The president's proposal, announced in Tuesday's State of the Union Address, is a win-win-win-win: It is a win for the uninsured because it offers millions more Americans the chance to buy health insurance with the tax savings they will receive from this generous new standard deduction. Taxpayers win because 80 percent of them will … [Read more...] about Response to President Bush's Bold Health Reform Proposal
Response to President Bush’s Bold Health Reform Proposal
The president's proposal, announced in Tuesday's State of the Union Address, is a win-win-win-win: It is a win for the uninsured because it offers millions more Americans the chance to buy health insurance with the tax savings they will receive from this generous new standard deduction. Taxpayers win because 80 percent of them will … [Read more...] about Response to President Bush’s Bold Health Reform Proposal
Tax Cap
While we have no confirmation at all from the White House, news reports are circulating that President Bush is considering bold changes to tax policy impacting health insurance. Hooray! There are several valuable proposals that would make it easier for people to buy coverage, such as making health insurance tax deductible whether you buy a policy yourself or get it at work. But the gutsiest idea, … [Read more...] about Tax Cap
Medicare Price Negotiations: A Resource Guide
The Facts: Medicare Part D and Prescription Drug Prices Source: A fact sheet jointly prepared by health policy experts from the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, the Galen Institute, The Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Policy Innovation, the Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, the National Center for Policy Analysis, and the … [Read more...] about Medicare Price Negotiations: A Resource Guide