Congress is in the final phase of debating one of the most consequential issues before the nation: reform of the health care system. Congressional decisions on health care will directly affect the lives of 300 million Americans. Congressman Tom Price ...
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) is proposing major changes to the Medicare program under the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), these changes would reduce Medicare spending by hundreds of billions of ...
Members of Congress, pursuing President Barack Obama's health policy agenda, want to create a national health insurance exchange as a platform for a public health care plan to compete against private health insurance. Variants of the exchange proposal ...
The U.S. House of Representatives leadership recently unveiled a mammoth 852-page blueprint for overhauling Americans' health care: the draft "Tri-Committee Health Reform Bill." It is the product of three major House Committees with jurisdiction over ...
My name is Robert E. Moffit. I am Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation. I wish to express to you my deep appreciation for the opportunity to present my views to you today on major legislation governing the future ...
Based on the President's description of his health care agenda during the 2008 presidential campaign, Americans believe they were promised three things: If they are satisfied with their current coverage, nothing will change; If they are not satisfied, ...
President Obama has proposed that Congress create a new public health plan to compete with private health plans in a national health insurance exchange. The President says that Congress can create a "level playing field" nationwide to ensure a fair ...
The Medicare Trustees have released the annual report on the financial status of the Medicare program.[1] The Washington Post's front page headline on the report warns of a "Medicare Collapse."[2] The basic facts are simple and dramatic: Medicare has ...
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: My name is Robert E. Moffit. I am the Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation. I previously served as a Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department ...
The President's $634 billion "down payment" on health care reform in his proposed budget depends on raising taxes and saving money largely through administrative payment changes in existing entitlement programs. That is not exactly fundamental ...
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