Consumer-directed health care has emerged as one of the most influential ideas in health
care policy.'Its supporters hypothesize that health care costs are high and quality is low …

Moffit and Marie Fishpaw (hereafter, MM) suggests that there is a third way to help keep
program expenses in line with the revenue sources prescribed in current law. The entire …

Despite its size and immense influence over health care in America, Medicare today is no
monolith. It is comprised of three distinct payment programs though which it provides …

The 1997 Balanced Budget Act (Public Law 105-33) not only balanced the federal budget
for the first time in decades but also mandated major changes in Medicare. One important …

Medicare constitutes the largest health insurance program in the nation,'and as the health
care landscape changes, so does Medicare. In its early decades, Medicare focused on" …

Medicare patients today face reduced access to care, which will inevitably be rationed
through the Affordable Care Act's relentless payment cuts. On paper, Medicare will continue …

Abstract The Medicare Advantage program was created to expand beneficiary choice and to
reduce spending through capitated payment to private insurers. However, many …

The principal finding of the article in this issue by Rice, Nelson, and Colby is that Medicare
“beneficiaries are not sensitive to price when making decisions about whether or not to …

The recent election campaign produced an overwhelming consensus on the need for
significant reform of the US health care system. In broad terms, the aim is to improve the …

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