Grace-Marie Arnett, president of the Galen Institute, was invited to present testimony on May 22, 1999, in Sanford, Florida, on free-market options for Medicare reform. The hearing was conducted by Rep. Joe Scarborough, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the House Government Reform Committee. Here is Grace-Marie's testimony. Testimony presented before the Civil Service Subcommittee … [Read more...] about The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
Grace-Marie Arnett, president of the Galen Institute, was invited to present testimony on May 22, 1999, in Sanford, Florida, on free-market options for Medicare reform. The hearing was conducted by Rep. Joe Scarborough, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the House Government Reform Committee. Here is Grace-Marie's testimony. Testimony presented before the Civil Service … [Read more...] about The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
San Diego Union Tribune The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collapsed last week that the high-powered National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would endorse a visionary plan to reform and modernize the … [Read more...] about Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
San Diego Union Tribune The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collapsed last week that the high-powered National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would endorse a visionary plan to reform and modernize the … [Read more...] about Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
Tax Initiatives Gain Strength
Several key members of Congress and a number of influential organizations are working on initiatives that would reverse the alarming growth in the number of Americans without health insurance.House Majority Leader Dick Armey is leading the charge. He delivered a speech before the American Hospital Association recently in which he put himself squarely on record as supporting the free-market health … [Read more...] about Tax Initiatives Gain Strength
Tax Initiatives Gain Strength
Several key members of Congress and a number of influential organizations are working on initiatives that would reverse the alarming growth in the number of Americans without health insurance.House Majority Leader Dick Armey is leading the charge. He delivered a speech before the American Hospital Association recently in which he put himself squarely on record as supporting the free-market health … [Read more...] about Tax Initiatives Gain Strength
Plan Would Put Medicare Beneficiaries in Charge of Reform
Chairman John Breaux of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare has proposed a reform plan that would leverage the powerful forces of market competition and consumer choice to save the program. The proposal that Senator Breaux (D-LA) and co-chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) are offering would give beneficiaries financial assistance that they could use to purchase their own health … [Read more...] about Plan Would Put Medicare Beneficiaries in Charge of Reform
Plan Would Put Medicare Beneficiaries in Charge of Reform
Chairman John Breaux of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare has proposed a reform plan that would leverage the powerful forces of market competition and consumer choice to save the program. The proposal that Senator Breaux (D-LA) and co-chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) are offering would give beneficiaries financial assistance that they could use to purchase their own health … [Read more...] about Plan Would Put Medicare Beneficiaries in Charge of Reform