Avoiding the Pitfalls in Medicare Reform: PowerPoint Presentation

Avoiding the Pitfalls in Medicare Reform: Executive Summary

A United Front

Bob Moffit of The Heritage Foundation, Joe Antos of the American Enterprise Institute, and I have been meeting individually with several dozen members of Congress over the last few weeks to discuss upcoming action on Medicare and prescription drugs. Mem...

Reimportation Is Against The Law - And For Good Reason

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on companies that aid Americans in illegally purchasing cheap prescription drugs from Canada via the Internet. Canadian drug prices tend to be lower because of rigid government-im...

Drug Coverage a Legislative Priority

Many members of Congress who traveled to their districts during the April recess were reminded once again that passing a Medicare prescription drug benefit is the most pressing legislative issue for senior citizens. At visits to senior centers and town ...

Kick-Starting the Medicare Debate

Members of Congress are fanning out across the nation this month, with many planning town hall meetings to gauge their constituents' sentiments on the hot domestic policy issues they will face when they return - especially Medicare and prescription drugs....

The President's Medicare Proposal and the PDS Plan

When President Bush announced his Framework for Medicare reform in early March, many elements of the Turner/Antos Prescription Drug Security (PDS) plan were included in it. There also are important differences, and we describe both here. To provide ...

Conclusions

All of us continue to be preoccupied with reports about the war in Iraq. Not surprisingly, every domestic policy issue, including health care, is taking a back seat right now. But even with everything else on his mind, President Bush still took time durin...