Congress's Own Health Plan As A Model For Medicare Reform
BG1123: Congress's Own Health Plan As A Model For MedicareReform
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BG1123: Congress's Own Health Plan As A Model For MedicareReform
Both the House and the Senate passed bills that would make majorchanges in the financing and delivery of health insurance,introduce new avenues of litigation in the health care system, andestablish a massive level of federal regulation over the operationsof private health care plans.
Think "Medicare," and "old people" come to mind. But as Congress considers adding a prescription drug entitlement to the 38-year-old program, lawmakers also should keep "young people" in mind, too. They are, after all, the ones who will be paying for it-big time.
Medicare solvency, price transparency, telehealth could all be on the agenda, observers say
As the new Medicare prescription-drug entitlement draws closer toreality, there's one group that will unintentionally benefit fromit at taxpayer expense: private companies.