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Category: Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare (for the elderly) and Medicaid (for the poor) are the nation's two largest health care entitlement programs. They
are also facing multi-trillion dollar deficits in coming decades as expenditures dwarf tax revenues. While some have advocated that the U.S.
adopt a Canadian-style "single-payer" health care system to reign in costs, the Center for Medical Progress recognizes that price controls
and rationing will only exacerbate the health care challenges facing our nation, not solve them.
Reforming these programs means opening Medicare and Medicaid to private competition, reforming payment mechanisms that
reward hospitals and physicians for quality care, and implement transparency initiatives that put consumers, not bureaucrats, in control of
their own health care spending through health savings accounts and other patient-friendly mechanisms. Together with a reasonable safety net
for the sickest and poorest Americans, empowered patients can help restrain low-value spending without dampening the market incentives driving
health care innovation.
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Commentary
- Debunking Medicare Myths, James C. Capretta, Kaiser Health News, 9-2-10
- The Medicare reform illusion, Michael O. Leavitt, Washington Post, 8-27-10
- Medicaid costs to soar under federal health care law, Gov. Dave Heineman, Fremont Tribune, 8-25-10
- A Question for Doctor Berwick, Paul Howard, NRO's "Critical Condition," 8-24-10
- Turning a Blind Eye to Medicaid's Abuses, David Gratzer, FrumForum, 8-24-10
- The Real Tax Gap: Paying for Unfunded Benefits, Bruce Bartlett, Fiscal Times, 8-20-10
- Filling The Medicare Doughnut Hole, Editorial, Ledger, 8-19-10
- What To Expect Under The Reign Of Berwick, Richard Amerling, Post Chronicle, 8-19-10
- For Cost Control, Vouchers and Medicare Don't Mix, Austin Frakt, Kaiser Health News, 8-19-10
- Obamacare's stealth ambush of senior citizens, David Freddoso, Washington Examiner, 8-18-10
- If You Think Paul Ryan's Roadmap is a Sham, You Should Look at Obamacare, Paul Howard, Townhall.com, 8-16-10
- Obama's Medicare czar faces life-and-death decisions, Editorial, Washington Examiner, 8-16-10
- Medicaid Cutbacks Not The Same As Private Insurance Rescission, Jonathan Cohn, Kaiser Health News and New Republic, 8-16-10
- A road map to saving Medicare, Paul Ryan, Washington Post, 8-13-10
- Washington vs. Paul Ryan, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, 8-12-10
- Magical Thinking in Washington, Paul Greenberg, Patriot Post, 8-11-10
- Obamacare doesn't work in the real world, Paul Howard, Washington Examiner, 8-11-10
- The Latest on Medicare and Social Security, Editorial, New York Times, 8-10-10
- Did ObamaCare Get Medicare's Price Controls Right?, Michael F. Cannon, Cato@Liberty, 8-9-10
- Medicare Actuary Debunks ObamaCare "Savings", Michael Tennant, New American, 8-9-10
- Medicare numbers man disputes rosy outlook, Terry Savage, Chicago Sun-Times, 8-9-10
- New Medicare Report: Is It Based on a Rosy Scenario?, Edmund L. Andrews, Fiscal Times and Kaiser Health News, 8-6-10
- Sebelius Makes False Claim About Double-Counting of Medicare Savings, Philip Klein, The American Spectator Blog, 8-2-10
- ER care now is the mother of unfunded mandates, Edwin Leap, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8-2-10
- America's New Health Care Zookeeper, Sally Pipes, Investor's Business Daily, 7-30-10
- Building the Case for Medicaid Reform, Avik Roy, NRO's "The Agenda," 7-27-10
- GPhA Report: Generics Offer Big Medicaid Savings Opportunity, Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal Health Blog, 7-26-10
- Donald Berwick, the Pro-Gun Control Lobby, and Paternalism, Paul Hsieh, pajamasmedia.com, 7-23-10
- The public deserves a hearing for a Medicare appointee, Editorial, Washington Post, 7-23-10
- Health Blog Q&A: $251 Million Medicare Fraud Crackdown, Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal, 7-16-10
- Medicare to Take a Year For Provenge Coverage Decision, Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal, 7-1-10
- Extenders defeat leaves state Medicaid help in limbo, Julian Pecquet, The Hill's "Healthwatch," 6-25-10
- Medicare 'Doc Fix' Looks Likely...See You in November!, Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal, 6-24-10
- Congress's Medicare Canary, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets, 6-24-10
- Congress battles as Medicare burns, David Rogers, Politico, 6-22-10
- You Can Lead a Doctor to Government Insurance, But You Can't Make Him Treat You, Mark Hemingway, Washington Examiner, 6-21-2010
- Medicare Pay Cut: It's a Bad News/Good News Kinda Day, Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal, 6-18-10
- Medicare Fraud, Waste Exposed in Report, Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner, 6-18-2010
- Farewell, Medicare Advantage, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, 6-11-10
- Spending More on Drugs Doesn't Mean Spending Less On Other Care, Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal, 6-10-10
- Mark Me Down as Skeptical, Sec. Mike Leavitt, National Journal Online, 4-5-10
- Release of Medicare Data Could Help Reform Health Care System, Michael O. Leavitt and Robert Krughoff, Washington Post, 3-19-10
- Taxing Details That Harm Patients, Bob Dole, Wall Street Journal, 1-13-10
- The Lessons of Medicare Part D, David Wessel, Wall Street Journal, 1-7-10
- Medicare and the Mayo Clinic, Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, 1-6-10
- Medicare Part D 'Reforms' Will Harm Seniors, Tom Scully, Wall Street Journal, 12-4-09
- Obama's Medicare Disadvantage, Richard Epstein, Forbes.com, 9-29-09
- Some Inconvenient Truths About Medicare and the New 'Public Plan', Regina Herzlinger and Robert Book, RealClearPolitics.com, 7-25-09
- Why It's Easy to Steal From Medicare, Wall Street Journal editorial, 7-2-09
- Democrats Should Reform Medicare, Not Universalize It, Mort Kondracke, RealClearPolitics, 5-8-09
- MEDICAID MADNESS, New York Post, 5-4-09
- HOW NEW YORK STOKES DEPENDENCY, E.J. McMahon, New York Post, 4-30-09
- Evidence and Health Care Reform, New York Times editorial, 2-28-09
- Medicaid for Millionaires, Rep. Cliff Stearns, Townhall.com, 2-23-09
- Health care 'cuts' are actually critical Medicaid reforms, Charles King, New York Daily News, 2-19-09
- Medicare and 'Off-Label' Cancer Drugs, New York Times, 2-10-09
- What Medicaid Tells Us About Government Health Care, Scott Gottlieb, Wall Street Journal, 1-8-09
Research
- Trends and Characteristics of US Emergency Department Visits, 1997-2007, Ning Tang, John Stein, Renee Y. Hsia, Judith H. Maselli, and Ralph Gonzales, Journal of the American Medical Association, 8-11-10
- Addressing Geographic Variation and Health Care Efficiency: Lessons for Medicare from Private Health Insurers, Darius Lakdawalla, Tomas J. Philipson, and Dana Goldman, American Enterprise Institute, July 2010
- Paying Physicians For Medicare Services, Health Affairs, 6-25-10
- Medicaid Long-term Care: The Ticking Time Bomb, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, June 2010
- Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Medicaid Expansions on Take-up and Crowd-out, John C. Ham, I. Serkan Ozbeklik, and Lara Shore-Sheppard, the National Bureau of Economic Research, 6-18-10
- Reforming Medicaid in Florida, Michael Bond, James Madison Institute, 4-5-10
- Releasing Medicare Claims Data To Support Quality Improvement Initiatives: Legal Barriers And Opportunities, J.H. Thorpe, E. Pereira, and S. Rosenbaum, George Washington University/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 3-18-10
- State Abuse of the Medicaid Program: How state officials manipulate Medicaid and increase costs to taxpayers, Washington Policy Center, February 2010
- Obama's Proposed Medicaid Expansion: Lessons from TennCare, Brian Blase, Heritage Foundation, 3-3-10
- Expanding Medicaid: The Real Costs to the States, Edmund F. Haislmaier, Heritage Foundation, 1-15-10
- Medicaid Expansion Ignores States' Fiscal Crises, Dennis G. Smith, The Heritage Foundation, 1-7-10
- The Wrong Medicare Advantage Reform: Cutting Benefits, Limiting Choices, and Increasing Costs, James C. Capretta and Robert A. Book, Ph.D., The Heritage Foundation, 10-30-09
- Competitive Pricing for All Medicare Health Plans, Robert F. Coulman, Roger Feldman, and Bryan E. Dowd, American Enterprise Institute, July 2009
- Medicaid's Costs, Like Medicare's, Have Risen Far More Than the Costs of Private Health Care, Jeffrey H. Anderson, Pacific Research Institute, July 2009
- Medicare Administrative Costs Are Higher, Not Lower, Than for Private Insurance, Robert Book, The Heritage Foundation, 6-25-09
- Social Security and Medicare Projections: 2009, Pamela Villarreal, National Center for Policy Analysis, 6-11-09
- Closing the Long-Term Care Funding Gap: The Challenge of Private Long-Term Care Insurance, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 6-3-09
- A First Big Step Toward Medicare Sustainability, J.D. Foster, Ph.D., The Heritage Foundation, 3-24-09
- How Medicare's Drug Pricing Can Hurt R&D, Cheryl Smith and Laura L Summers, Heritage Foundation, 1-12-09
News
- Medicare: A Prevention Plan that Could Lower Costs, Fiscal Times, 9-1-10
- Tech firms help governments weed out fraudulent claims, Washington Post, 8-30-10
- Groups Press Congress To End Patients' Wait For Medicare, Kaiser Health News, 8-27-10
- Patient advocates slam Stupak's proposal for nursing home inspections, The Hill's "Healthwatch," 8-26-10
- Will Health Law Provision Suffer Fate Of 'Doc Fix'?, National Journal, 8-25-10
- Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns health claims fee, NewsOK.com, 8-25-10
- More than 3M seniors may have to switch drug plans, Associated Press, 8-25-10
- Medicare rebate checks in the mail; nervous Democrats try to overcome mistrust of health law, Washington Examiner, 8-17-10
- Chapter 11 Benefits Battles Get Fierce, Wall Street Journal, 8-12-10
- Democrats Extend Medicaid Subsidy, But Miss Out On COBRA, NPR's "Shots," 8-11-10
- House Approves Bill to Aid States, Wall Street Journal, 8-11-10
- Medicare chief's ties questioned, Washington Times, 8-10-10
- House moves to help teachers, public workers, Associated Press, 8-10-10
- Dems digest food stamp cuts, Politico, 8-10-10
- Medicare savings projections in dispute, USA Today, 8-6-10
- State aid bill a gamble for Dems, Politico, 8-6-10
- Senate Approves Aid Package to States, Wall Street Journal, 8-5-10
- Law Will Extend Medicare Fund, Report Says, New York Times, 8-5-10
- Senate Clears Way for $26 Billion in State Aid, New York Times, 8-5-10
- Prognosis guarded for Medicare and Social Security, Associate Press, 8-5-10
- Feds project reform will save Medicare billions, but some question the math, FierceHealthFinance, 8-3-10
- Health-care law to save Medicare $8 billion through next year, report predicts, Washington Post and Associated Press, 8-3-10
- White House's late push for $26B state aid bill, Politico, 8-2-10
- White House touts health reform's Medicare savings, defends math, The Hill's "Healthwatch," 8-2-10
- Berwick battle escalates: GOP introduces resolution calling recess appointment 'abuse of power', Washington Examiner, 7-22-10
- Hospital IPPS: CMS pressed to reduce $3.7 billion coding offset for FY 2011, FierceHealthFinance, 7-21-10
- UnitedHealth Profit Jumps as Medicare, Medicaid Grow, Bloomberg, 7-20-10
- AARP lobbies Congress for extra Medicaid funding, The Hill's "Healthwatch," 7-19-10
- HHS unveils new health care fraud tool, Orlando Business Journal, 7-19-10
- Authorities Charge 94 in Alleged Medicare Scheme, Wall Street Journal, 7-16-10
- Feds OK plan to let hospitals recoup Medicaid expense, Columbus Dispatch, 7-15-10
- Medicaid Stalemate Tests Cash-Strapped States, Wall Street Journal, 7-13-10
- ObamaCare leads to massive Medicaid Boom, Washington Post, 7-7-2010
- Some states say they're not receiving the Medicaid services they're paying for, Washington Post, 7-8-10
- Preparing More Care of Elderly, New York Times, 6-29-10
- Senate Republicans Poised to Kill Jobless Aid Measure, Fox News, 6-24-10
- Jobless aid measure dying in Senate, Associated Press, 6-24-10
- Dems latest extenders bill further scales back Medicaid funds, The Hill's "Healthwatch," 6-24-10
- Medicaid's Ticking Bomb Could Wipe Out State Budgets, The Fiscal Times, 6-23-10
- Connecticut is first to launch Medicaid expansion under health reform law, The Hill's "Healthwatch," 6-22-10
- Doctors Limit New Medicare Patients, USA Today, 6-21-2010
- Obama to order federal agencies to compile 'do not pay list', Washington Post, 6-18-10
- Congressional Spat over Medicare Reimbursements Threatens Health Care Reform, Money Morning, 6-16-2010
- Renewed Threat Of Medicare Pay Cuts Leaves Doctors With 'Sense Of Fatigue', Kaiser Health News, 6-15-10
- Rating System For Medicare Advantage Plans Slated For Upgrade, Kaiser Health News, 6-15-10
- Cash-strapped states press Congress for more Medicaid help, The Hill, 6-6-10
- States' Medicaid Funds Tapped For Federal Health Overhaul, Kaiser Health News, 4-20-10
- Doctors Show Medicare Patients the Door, Denver Post, 4-14-10
- Five Questions About President Obama's Five Questions About President Obama's Proposed Changes To The Medicare Payroll Tax, Kaiser Health News, 3-10-10
- Five Questions About President Obama's Proposed Changes To The Medicare Payroll Tax, Kaiser Health News, 3-10-10
- Preliminary Medicare Advantage Rates Lift Health Insurers, Wall Street Journal, 2-22-10
- States Resist Medicaid Growth, Washington Post, 10-5-09
- Democrats Push Health Care Plan While Issuing Assurances on Medicare, New York Times, 7-29-09
- Under Agreement, Medicare Would Pay Less for Drugs, Washington Post, 6-20-09
- Emerging $80B Deal Would Help Fund Medicare Drugs, Fox News, 6-20-09
- More Problems Than Solutions in Medicare Report, David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post, 06-16-09
- U.S. Reduces Subsidies for Private Medicare, Wall Street Journal, 4-7-09
- Medicare Spending Still Varies Widely by Region, New York Times, 2-26-09
- Like Having Medicare? Then Taxes Must Rise, New York Times, 2-24-09
- NY leads nation in long-term care spending, USA Today, 2-24-09
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