Bush proposes Medicare reform

CMA proposes health charter, medicare "auditor general".

Lessons from Medicare+Choice for Medicare reform.

C urrent discussions of the future of Medicare include proposals to increase the enrollment of beneficiaries in private health insurance plans. These proposals would provide incentives for beneficiaries to join private plans, rely on more loosely structured health plans such as preferred provider organizations (PPOs), change the way health plans are paid, and in some cases create competition be...

The Politics of Medicare Reform

Beneficiary Issues in Medicare Reform

More details on these principles are needed to understand the intent of the administration, but they do address the range of issues that need to be considered in reform. However, in much of the initial discussion of these principles, beneficiary concerns are raised mainly in the context of expanded coverage. But beneficiary concerns should be a part of each of the issue areas; indeed, the progr...

Directions for bipartisan Medicare reform.

10.1056/nejmp1200914 nejm.org 1 agreed about certain aspects of Medicare might have seemed unthinkable.1 But the pairing of a liberal Democrat who has long worked on health care reforms and a fiscally conservative Republican primarily known for work on budget issues suggests that it might be possible for the parties to reach a compromise on Medicare reform. Of course, meaningful reform is not l...