Jonathan Cohn
A short walk down memory lane -- to a retired auto worker's 1959 congressional testimony -- offers a stark reminder that Republican plans to change Medicare could turn back time and leave many seniors unable to pay their medical bills. Apr 26, 2011
Robert Laszewski
This country is in such a hole that it is senseless to deny that some new taxes will be needed to pay for all of the nation’s accumulated debts. But folks, we can’t just tax our way out of this mess. Apr 21, 2011
Michael L. Millenson
When writing the final ACO rules, CMS has the chance to spin the dross of the current regulations into something of genuine value to providers, even if it’s not quite Rumpelstiltskin-quality gold. If the feds fail, it is all of us, not just those on Medicare program, who could live unhappily ever after. Apr 19, 2011
Michael F. Cannon
Seventeen governors sent a letter to congressional leaders in opposition to a plan by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to convert Medicaid into a block grant program. But their criticisms fall flat. Apr 18, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
The GOP vision for health care reform, as expressed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., is to limit federal health care spending to levels far below what they are today, and then let individuals make the best of it. The federal health law not only offers a more realistic approach to controlling costs, but a more humane one. Apr 14, 2011
Arthur L. Kellermann
RAND Health Vice President and Director Arthur Kellermann, M.D., disputes the way his organization's research was depicted in a recent column by John Goodman about Medicaid. Kellerman notes the study in question was designed to examine health care quality, not to determine the value of different types of insurance. Apr 12, 2011
Charles P. LaVallee
Pennsylvania has long been a laboratory for innovation in providing health coverage to the uninsured. But this legacy came crashing down earlier this year when 42,000 adultBasic enrollees lost their health insurance. The program's termination was explained as a "fiscal reality," but this fiscal decision is not a sound investment in the state's future. Apr 11, 2011
Sabrina Corlette
Much has been made of the health insurance exchanges in Utah and Massachusetts and whether they represent opposite points of a continuum of what exchanges can and should provide for consumers and small businesses. But is that really true or is the reality far more nuanced? Apr 06, 2011
Howard Gleckman
Congressional critics want to repeal the CLASS act. But without it, millions of disabled adults, frail seniors and their families will be left with only Medicaid's tattered safety net. Apr 06, 2011
Michael F. Cannon
This week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will release a budget blueprint that tackles the three big health care challenges facing the budget – ObamaCare, Medicare and Medicaid – with a strategy of repeal, vouchers and block grants. Apr 04, 2011