IN THIS ISSUE: THE CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTH CARE CONFERENCE I?m writing this week from Las Vegas where the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference and Expo is taking place. This newsletter will be devoted to the conference, and shorter than usual. We?ll get back to our usual format next week. The conference was a huge success with some 700 attendees and 45 exhibitors. There is … [Read more...] about The Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on Medicare Reform
The House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing today on reforming Medicare and adding prescription drug coverage. Republican members of the committee largely voiced their support for adding drug coverage in the context of overall Medicare reform. Most Democratic committee members talked about adding prescription drug coverage to the traditional program, which they said … [Read more...] about House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on Medicare Reform
The Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
IN THIS ISSUE: THE CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTH CARE CONFERENCE I?m writing this week from Las Vegas where the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference and Expo is taking place. This newsletter will be devoted to the conference, and shorter than usual. We?ll get back to our usual format next week. The conference was a huge success with some 700 attendees and 45 exhibitors. There … [Read more...] about The Consumer Directed Health Care Conference
The President's Medicare Proposal and the PDS Plan
When President Bush announced his Framework for Medicare reform in early March, many elements of the Turner/Antos Prescription Drug Security (PDS) plan were included in it. There also are important differences, and we describe both here. To provide immediate relief for low-income seniors, the White House would provide $600 a year to help them pay for prescription drugs. This is the amount and … [Read more...] about The President's Medicare Proposal and the PDS Plan
The President’s Medicare Proposal and the PDS Plan
When President Bush announced his Framework for Medicare reform in early March, many elements of the Turner/Antos Prescription Drug Security (PDS) plan were included in it. There also are important differences, and we describe both here. To provide immediate relief for low-income seniors, the White House would provide $600 a year to help them pay for prescription drugs. This is the amount … [Read more...] about The President’s Medicare Proposal and the PDS Plan
The March Continues
Consumer driven health care was the issue of the week, beginning on Monday with a conference in Washington co-sponsored by 14 organizations, including the Galen Institute, which further defined and energized the movement toward consumer empowerment. The Fortis Health Foundation sponsored the conference, ?Toward Affordable Health Care,? and The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes expertly moderated … [Read more...] about The March Continues
The March Continues
Consumer driven health care was the issue of the week, beginning on Monday with a conference in Washington co-sponsored by 14 organizations, including the Galen Institute, which further defined and energized the movement toward consumer empowerment. The Fortis Health Foundation sponsored the conference, ?Toward Affordable Health Care,? and The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes expertly moderated … [Read more...] about The March Continues