Power to the patient
The Daily Caller: John Goodman explains why patient-controlled health care is critical for cost control and quality care.
Comparing Long-run Medicare Spending Projections
The anticipated growth in future federal expenditures relative to federal income is largely driven by elderly entitlement growth. Social Security and Medicare benefits account for the bulk of these entitlements and will grow as a share of the economy as baby boomers transition into retirement.
Special interests hold up Medicaid drug reform
By obstructing state efforts to reform Medicaid drug programs, lobbyists drive up taxpayer costs, according to a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
State Reform of Medicaid Drug Programs
Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides medical care to more than 60 million low-income individuals and families. Medicaid rolls in many states have risen over the past several years as a result of the recession and continuing high unemployment. Indeed, in 2011 the average growth rate in Medicaid spending was about 6.1 percent.