Medicare Forum

HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt gave a visionary but chilling speech about the looming threat that Medicare presents to taxpayers, to our economy, and to other government responsibilities during a major forum we co-sponsored in Washington on April 29 with the American Enterprise Institute and The Heritage Foundation.

Is Your Medicare Drug Plan Naughty or Nice?

November, 2007

The holidays are here again. That means it’s time for decorations, gifts, family, friends, and food. But during the celebrations, seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D should carve out some time to consider how their current prescription drug plan is working.

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).

The Facts: Medicare Advantage

Competing Medicare Advantage plans are offering more choices, more generous benefits, and lower cost-sharing to beneficiaries than Medicare fee-for-service. Seniors who especially value MA are those living in rural areas and those with...

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...

Medicare drug benefit is fine as is, Madam Speaker

Appeared in the Houston Chronicle on January 5, 2007 Late last month, the nation received some rare news: A federal program came in significantly under budget, costing about 30 percent less than expected. The government announced that Medicare's prescription drug benefit...

Galen Institute Records Medicare Part D Audio News Release

Grace-Marie Turner has recorded an audio news release encouraging seniors to take advantage of the sign-up period for Part D. Click here to listen...