
Reviews
This book is a high-level systematic analysis of Medicare reform ideas. The authors take a broad, future-oriented look that rises above the narrow, short-term, budget-oriented squabbles that are so common in what passes for Medicare policy discussions. Health economists, policy analysts, and public finance economists should read this book.
The authors lay out a conservative vision for Medicare reform while providing historical background and discussing the political economy. This book will appeal to readers interested in health care policy and be useful in courses discussing competing health care reform prescriptions.
Book Details
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: Reviving the Medicare Reform Consensus, by Robert Emmet Moffit
Section One: The Challenge of Medicare Reform
2. Why Medicare Reform Has Been Hard: A Public Choice
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: Reviving the Medicare Reform Consensus, by Robert Emmet Moffit
Section One: The Challenge of Medicare Reform
2. Why Medicare Reform Has Been Hard: A Public Choice Perspective, by Mark Pauly
3. Pursuing Medicare Reform in the Context of a Financing Crisis, by Charles P. Blahous
Section Two: Medicare Advantage: The Record and Opportunity
4. How Medicare Advantage Secures Better Value for Seniors and Taxpayers, by Christopher Pope
5. Improving Medicare Advantage Through Patient Power, by John C. Goodman
6. The Next Step in Medicare Reform, by Brian J. Miller and Gail R. Wilensky
Section Three: Transitioning to Premium Support: The Promise of Greater Personal Choice and Market Competition
7. Medicare Advantage: The Platform for a Comprehensive Premium Support Program, by Robert Emmet Moffit
8. Modernizing Traditional Medicare: The First Step to Effective Competition, by Joseph R. Antos
9. Medicare Risk Adjustment: Stabilizing the Market in a Premium Support Program, by Edmund F. Haislmaier
10. Modernizing Medicare: Improving Payment and Delivery of Prescription Drugs, by Doug Badger
11. Reforming Medicare: Lessons from Premium Support's Long Bipartisan History, by Walton F. Francis
12. The Potential for Beneficiary and Taxpayer Savings in Moving to a Premium Support Model for Medicare, by Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Index