FORUM TOPIC
Medicare
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BREAKING POINT
The United States has fewer physicians per capita than virtually every other developed country. At first glance, our lack of physicians is a puzzle.
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Protecting the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Many health care practices we consider essential are slowly becoming things of the past or recent memory.
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A Mechanism to Reduce Spending That Once had Joe Biden’s Support
“When adopted,” then-Senator Joe Biden stated, “it will provide Congress with an essential tool for reviewing the need for Federal programs.”
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What Medicare for All would Mean for Us All
Medicare for All would involve an unprecedented expansion of federal government expenditures and tax burdens.
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So Far, So Good
When the Medicare Modernization Act was signed into law in December 2003, there were many predictions of problems implementing the new drug benefit.
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Prescribing a Financial Fix for Post-Acute, Long Term Care
As greater numbers of patients and residents enter our nation’s long term care system, it is imperative that our policymakers address America’s entitlement programs.
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Entitlement Reform: The 800 pound gorilla that’s being ignored in the 2008 campaign
When asked what they would do about fixing entitlement spending, with just a few exceptions, the current presidential candidates quickly retreat into clichés.
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Hoping for a Medicare Miracle
This year’s Medicare Trustees’ Report once again found the system in trouble. Because of a new law, however, the President now has to do something about it.
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Ho, Ho, Ho!
When it comes to federal spending, it’s become Christmas all year.
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An S.O.S. to Keep America’s Fiscal Ship Afloat
New Hampshire Senator’s bill would impose caps and other common sense tools to bring spending under control.