Category Archives: Medicare

Some critics argue that Medicaid is a worse option for patients than them having no insurance. According to four leading health policy experts, those critics are “misusing the research studies they use to make their case.” What’s your opinion on this issue?

What’s your opinion on reducing Medicare costs? Do you agree with current news reports that reining in the Medicare costs will, in fact, tame the deficit? According to the Kaiser Health News report, “The program, which covers 47 million people, will spend an estimated $519 billion this year.”

A panel of 29 physicians has been selected by various medical specialty trade groups to define an estimate on how much work doctors need to do to perform tasks relating to Medicare payment rates. The Wall Street Journal brings up this issue in a recent article. This panel of physicians is not related to any Government involvement.

Is the fate of Medicare grim or should we believe the Obama administration’s glowing report of how the new healthcare law has created a better financial future for this program? Rather, the way the system is going can likely create a shortage of physicians. This is not the type of change that the American people were looking for.