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How Should Congress Reform Medicare? It’s As Simple As Déjà Vu
Submitted by Chris Middleton on 2.1.2003
Medicare, the government health-care program for the elderly and disabled, faces a financial crisis when the baby boom generation begins to retire. Moreover, reform has become necessary because the complex, defined benefit Medicare program is failing to deliver the basic features of good medical care.
Will Mediscare Frighten Seniors in 2003?
Submitted by Chris Middleton on 2.1.2003
If market-based health-care reform were a Hollywood movie, it would be a horror flick called Mediscare in which heartless Republicans threaten senior citizens by attempting reform of the Medicare program. But Washington beats Hollywood to the punch by creating its own theatre. A sequel to Mediscare has now arrived, but whether seniors will buy tickets remains to be seen.
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