Members of Congress are growing concerned that the Medicare billsnow being considered in conference will constitute a huge newun-funded liability - equivalent to a two-thirds increase in the$3.8 trillion in public debt. Neither the President nor responsiblelawmakers should accept a Medicare bill that adds to the un-fundedliabilities of Medicare and does not contain serious reform. Reformoptions detailed within.
Medicare patients today face reduced access to care, which will inevitably be rationed through the Affordable Care Act’s relentless payment cuts. Medicare premium support, long a bipartisan proposal, is the best alternative to this unhappy scenario.
Eighteen research papers, 35 online memos, 12 essays and 60Medicare Maladies. That's how much Heritage Foundation experts havewritten so far this year on proposals pending before Congress thatwould add prescription drugs as a Medicare entitlement.