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February 21, 2003

With Washington paralyzed by snow this week and Congress out of session, there were few developments on the health policy front until Thursday, when The Wall Street Journal reenergized the Medicare conversation by launching a debate with itself. The iss...




February 13, 2003

  President Bush boldly stepped up to the plate last month by calling for Medicare modernization as part of his prescription drug benefit plan, initiating an historic debate that White House officials knew would either help or hurt his presidency in...




February 9, 2003

  President Bush has boldly stepped up to the plate by calling for Medicare modernization as part of his prescription drug benefit plan, and thereby has set the stage for an historic debate that White House officials acknowledge can either help or h...




February 7, 2003

President Bush has fulfilled his promise of proposing much-needed changes to the Medicare program, but the delay in providing details unfortunately has put the White House on the defensive as the debate begins on this first-tier issue. Political opponen...




January 30, 2003

The following statement from Grace-Marie Turner, President of the Galen Institute, and Joseph Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, concerns the President's remarks this week about Medicare. "President Bush's Medicare pro...




January 30, 2003

  President Bush has boldly stepped up to the plate by calling for Medicare modernization and has set the stage for an historic debate that White House officials acknowledge can either help or hurt his presidency in a big way. Unlike his predecess...




November 1, 2002

  Medicare reform was the topic at the fourth annual conference of the Health Sector Assembly last week in Sundance, Utah. The conference brings health industry leaders with very disparate political and policy views to the table to try to break the ...




May 24, 2002

The summer before congressional elections historically is among the busiest times in the health care debate, and this year promises to be no different. Our time this week was consumed with meetings with members of Congress and the media preparing for the ...




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