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Publications -- Health

Jul 31, 2007	BA #589 – SCHIP Expansion: Robin Hood in Reverse The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which covers 6.7 million children and adults, will expire in September. SCHIP consists of 50 different federal-state health plans for children (and in some states adults) in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. Typically, families with incomes above the poverty level, but no more than 200 percent of poverty, are eligible.
Jul 01, 2007	ST #299 – Medicare: Past, Present and Future Although Social Security reform has received considerable attention in recent years, Medicare is the far-bigger problem. Medicare is growing at a faster rate and has an unfunded liability six times the size of Social Security.
May 21, 2007	BA #587 – Texas Health Care Reform Policymakers are debating changes to the state's Medicaid program - the joint federal-state health care program for the poor - and discussing ways to provide coverage to the state's large uninsured population through the private insurance market. Medicaid now takes 26 percent of the state budget, double the portion it consumed a little more than a decade ago.
May 17, 2007	BA #586 – Is Health Spending Out of Control? Since 1975, total spending on health care in the United States has doubled, and it now comprises one-sixth of the U.S. economy, or about $2.2 trillion. By 2016, some projections show total health spending almost doubling to $4.1 trillion and consuming one-fifth of the nation's gross domestic product.
Apr 19, 2007	BA #585 – Insuring the Uninsured: Five Steps to Improve the Massachusetts Plan Massachusetts enacted an ambitious plan for near-universal health insurance coverage in 2006, the product of a compromise between then-Gov. Mitt Romney and the state Legislature. The cornerstone of the plan is mandatory health insurance. Individuals must purchase insurance directly or get it through an employer or Medicaid.
Mar 12, 2007	ST #296 – The Market for Medical Care: Why You Don’t Know the Price; Why You Don’t Know about Quality; And What Can Be Done about It. In most markets, prices and quality indicators are transparent - clear and readily available to consumers. Health care is different: Prices are difficult to obtain and often meaningless when they are disclosed. Many patients never learn the cost of their care.
Feb 01, 2007	ST #297 – The Rising Burden of Health Spending on Seniors The United States spends about 17 percent of its national income on health care, the highest in the world. Some have wondered how high spending can go and what difference it will make. In thinking about that question, the experience of our senior citizens provides a vital clue.
Jan 30, 2007	BA #579 – Answering the Critics of the Bush Health Plan President Bush made bold health policy proposals in his State of the Union message.
Jan 30, 2007	BA #578 – The Bush Health Plan President Bush made two bold health policy proposals in his State of the Union message.
Jan 10, 2007	BA #576 – Seniors' Drug Costs: Government versus the Internet Leaders of the new Democrat-controlled Congress have expressed concern about the out-of-pocket costs to seniors under many of the new Medicare drug plans. Some are calling for expanded coverage, which would lead to higher premiums, higher taxes or both. Others want the federal government to negotiate prices directly with drug companies. But this approach threatens to limit seniors' access to many drugs. Fortunately, there is a better way: The Internet.
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