The United States has fewer physicians per capita than virtually every other developed country. At first glance, our lack of physicians is a puzzle.
Many health care practices we consider essential are slowly becoming things of the past or recent memory.
“When adopted,” then-Senator Joe Biden stated, “it will provide Congress with an essential tool for reviewing the need for Federal programs.”
Medicare for All would involve an unprecedented expansion of federal government expenditures and tax burdens.
When the Medicare Modernization Act was signed into law in December 2003, there were many predictions of problems implementing the new drug benefit.
As greater numbers of patients and residents enter our nation’s long term care system, it is imperative that our policymakers address America’s entitlement programs.
When asked what they would do about fixing entitlement spending, with just a few exceptions, the current presidential candidates quickly retreat into clichés.
This year’s Medicare Trustees’ Report once again found the system in trouble. Because of a new law, however, the President now has to do something about it.
When it comes to federal spending, it’s become Christmas all year.
New Hampshire Senator’s bill would impose caps and other common sense tools to bring spending under control.