Health Care

Study #306 - A Medicare Reform Proposal Everyone Can Love: Finding Common Ground among Medicare Reformers

Medicare reform will soon be front and center in the public policy arena.  The reason:  Projections in the past two years for Medicare’s deteriorating finances have triggered a legal requirement for the President to propose reform legislation within 15 days of the release of the next federal budget.  Congress must consider the president’s proposal on an expedited basis.

This paper proposes a comprehensive reform that addresses both Medicare’s funding and its spending.