Why Doctors Are Abandoning Medicare and What Should Be Done About It

It is not enough to treat the symptoms of the Medicare problem. Tomeet the emerging needs of the baby-boom generation, Congress andthe Administration should take steps soon to create a newcompetitive system modeled after the FEHBP, the successful programthat covers themselves and their families.

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