Universal Care Works Great; Just Don’t Get Sick

April 17, 2007

Health care already has emerged as a top issue for the 2008 elections. Sensing mounting public support for reform, each of the leading Democratic candidates is calling for universal health coverage, as are a number of governors from both sides of the aisle, including Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California.

The Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage

October 18, 2007

While the favored tax treatment of health insurance has provided a stable source of health coverage for hundreds of millions of American workers over the last half century or more, it also is clear that it is leading to many of the problems that our health sector faces today. 

A New Conversation about Health Reform

February 1, 2007

Health care clearly has become a top-tier issue, with governors, presidential candidates, business and labor coalitions, and now President Bush all offering dramatic new proposals for reform.

Response to President Bush's Bold Health Reform Proposal

January 23, 2007

The president's proposal, announced in Tuesday's State of the Union Address, is a win-win-win-win.

Reforming the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance

June 27, 2005

Tax reform is high on the policy agenda in this session of Congress, as the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform issues its report and as Congress prepares for the debate.

Unhealthy, Slippery Slope

The Hill, April 17, 2007

Last week, after defeating about a dozen amendments, the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill that would allow, but not require, the administration to interfere in Medicare drug price negotiations between private drug plans and the pharmaceutical companies.

Responding to Kathy Kristof

In Kathy Kristof's campaign to eliminate subsidies to Medicare Advantage, she would disproportionately harm millions of low-income seniors ("Tough Rx: possible ways to fix Medicare" June 24).

Moving Forward on Medicaid

January 23, 2006

Congress will try to take a few small but crucial steps toward reforming the out-of-control Medicaid program when it reconvenes to finish work on the budget reconciliation package.