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Employers Unite to Tackle Medical Errors
Opinion -Medical errors are an important consumer issue ripe for pandering to those who use health care the most: our elder generation. The button on this one doesn’t get any hotter. -
When Patient Protection Backfires
Opinion -It was not so many years ago that managed care in general, and HMOs in particular, were hailed as the solution to ever-rising health insurance costs. President Clinton made HMOs the cornerstone of his elaborate managed competition proposal. -
Unlimited Prescription Drug Coverage May Endanger Seniors
Opinion -"Hazardous to seniors' health." That could be an appropriate warning label to attach to proposals being made for unlimited prescription drug coverage under Medicare. -
Doctors Long for Simple Care, Too
Opinion -Let's not kid ourselves. Becoming a physician today requires more than altruism. It requires courage. Thanks to the shift from fee-for-service care to third-party insurance, caring for patients has become a day-to-day battle with managed care companies. -
Fee-for-service Health Care Makes a Comeback
Opinion -Remember when you could choose to go to any doctor, pay a reasonable fee for your medical service, and not worry about co-pays, deductibles, and some distant stranger authorizing or denying the care prescribed by your physician? -
Market-based Reforms Get Post-Election Boost
Opinion -As the Clinton administration departed Washington and George W. Bush moved in, health care reform measures attracted some much-needed public policy attention. -
Why We Need Market-based Health Care Reform: Part 1 of 2
Opinion -The United States does not have a properly functioning market for health care, and the financing system needs to be reformed. The market is distorted by a tax policy that is mistargeted, miscalibrated, and open-ended. -
Let’s Do What’s Best for the Child: an interview with J.C. Watts Jr.
Opinion -“We have to come to the table minus our egos and minus these ideological frames of mind that we get into and say, ‘Let's do what's best for the child. -
Long-term Care . . . or Long-term Government Dependency?
Opinion -If President Clinton gets his way, long-term health care will become long-term government dependency. He wants to spend $6.2 billion to provide a $1,000 annual tax break for individuals and families who need long-term nursing home care and chronic care. -
No. 80 A Taxing Matter
Publication -Policy Studies -To understand how tax policies in the U.S. ought to be changed, it is necessary to know how and why they have changed in the past. This report traces major trends in government revenue and spending priorities from 1950 to 1996. -
Back to the Health Care Future
Opinion -President Clinton has opened the health care reform crypt with his recent announcement of a "National Commission on Health Care Quality." Make no mistake about this.
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