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February 10, 2000

St. Paul Pioneer Press   Congress and President Clinton are agreed on the need for senior citizens to have access to affordable prescription drugs. But tacking an expensive new universal drug benefit onto the existing Medicare program would be like...




May 22, 1999

Grace-Marie Arnett, president of the Galen Institute, was invited to present testimony on May 22, 1999, in Sanford, Florida, on free-market options for Medicare reform. The hearing was conducted by Rep. Joe Scarborough, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civ...




March 21, 1999

San Diego Union Tribune   The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collaps...




January 26, 1999

Chairman John Breaux of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare has proposed a reform plan that would leverage the powerful forces of market competition and consumer choice to save the program. The proposal that Senator Breaux (D-LA) ...




March 18, 1998

President Clinton joined congressional Democrats recently to push his plan to pry open Medicare so the "near elderly" can buy into the program. They claim that only 300,000 to 400,000 Americans will take advantage of the offer and say the plan will be ful...




September 19, 1995

The debate on Medicare reform has begun in earnest. Much of that debate will be budget-driven. However, the health directors of the policy organizations which constitute the Consensus Group believe that structural changes should be made in Medicare. Acros...




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