Future of Medicaid
A day-long meeting of the Advisory Commission on Medicaid examined the future of the program. Mr. Smith and Mr. Holtz-Eakin discussed with the Commission potential fiscal and administrative …
163 viewsA day-long meeting of the Advisory Commission on Medicaid examined the future of the program. Mr. Smith and Mr. Holtz-Eakin discussed with the Commission potential fiscal and administrative …
163 viewsThe panel discussed health savings accounts, their genesis and implementation, and new guidelines governing their application. After prepared remarks, the panelists responded to questions fr…
75 viewsMr. Walker presented an economic analysis of various assumptions about the future of the health care system. He proposed that effective reforms needed to provide incentives, transparency and…
35 viewsThe Vaccine Evaluation Committee of the Institute of Medicine released a list of recommendations regarding the development, financing, distribution, and use of vaccines. At this panel, hoste…
82 viewsHealth policy analysts spoke about the administration of Medicaid. Among the issues they addressed were federal and state costs, expenditures by state and region, and future challenges in fu…
85 viewsThere is no audio for several minutes during the program. Secretary Nelson Sabatini talked about federal Medicaid policy and its effect on the state of Maryland in the area of financia…
56 viewsSecretary Tommy Thompson talked about a recent report on the financial health and future of the Medicare system. He said that while the report predicted that the Medicare Trust Fund would ne…
41 viewsParticipants released a policy statement which contained several recommendations for health care reform. The statement outlined several principles including the creation of programs which ch…
59 viewsThe NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON MEDICARE heard testimony from its Remodeling Task Force, Reform Task Force, and Restructuring Task Force on a variety of issues. The first panel discuss…
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