On Wednesday, Social Security Works, Just Care, and several other organizations delivered more than...
Medicare
Medicare remains more efficient than private insurance
In September 2011, in a post first published in Health Affairs, I explained why Medicare is more...
Vermont prepares for all-payer health system
Democratic Governor of Vermont, Peter Shumlin, and Republican Governor-elect of Vermont, Phil...
Thankful for traditional Medicare? Call Paul Ryan
Of all the health care plans in America, traditional Medicare does the most to ensure people get...
Medicare is more efficient than private insurance
Note: This post is a version of a post first published on Health Affairs on September 20, 2011...
Overwhelming majority of people newly eligible for Medicare...
A January 2015 Kaiser Family Foundation study shows that the overwhelming majority of people newly...
Traditional Medicare is changing
The New York Times reports that Medicare has finalized a new rule under which traditional Medicare...
Four ways Congress could weaken Medicare
Much like Social Security, Americans across the political spectrum prize Medicare. Medicare...
Federal drug discount program likely hurts cancer patients
Almost half the hospitals in the U.S. that treat Medicare patients, participate in the federal...
Support grows for Medicare buy-in and public health insurance...
Secretary Clinton is proposing a Medicare buy-in for people between 55 and 64 and a public health...