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August, 20 2004

The new Medicare legislation enacted in December, 2003, continues to draw fire for its cost and structure, but the blanket criticism misses many of the important and necessary improvements it contains. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Mod...




December, 29 2003

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 is being fiercely criticized from both the right and the left, but tucked away in this huge and hugely expensive legislation are seeds that can lead to transformative changes in th...




November, 24 2003

At a briefing last Friday on Capitol Hill, health policy experts said that the Medicare conference agreement is not perfect, but it provides a first step toward positive change. ?This is the best bill that could get through Congress at this time,? said Ga...




November, 20 2003

The Medicare compromise agreement contains huge spending decisions that include serious flaws as well as important new initiatives. Here are some key plusses and minuses: + On the plus side is the temporary subsidy on the drug discount card that gives...




October, 17 2003

The bad news: Seniors learned this week that they will face their biggest Medicare premium increase in a decade ? to $66.60 a month, starting next year ? at the same time Medicare conference negotiators have plans to force higher income seniors to pay eve...




October, 17 2003

Seniors soon will face their biggest Medicare premium increase in a decade ? to $66.60 a month, starting next year ? while some congressional leaders are hatching plans to force affluent seniors to pay even bigger premiums in the future. This is dange...




October, 16 2003

Future choices for Medicare beneficiaries must include options that give seniors more choice and control over their health spending.  Greg Scandlen describes key elements of a Medicare program organized around consumer choice. Please click here to re...




September, 5 2003

Everyone is wondering what is going to happen on Medicare. No one can know the answer at this point, but several things are clear: Attention has shifted since Congress left town a month ago. Medicare dominated the summer debate, but enthusiasm has w...




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