How much is Medicare costing taxpayers?

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Keith Hennessey reviews the disagreement between Paul Krugman (on one side) and Rep. Paul Ryan, New Gingrich, and John Goodman (on the other) about how to change Medicare so it does not bankrupt the country.  How much is Medicare spending? Consider what Hennessey points out: The policy reality is that if ...

Why we’re “crazy” about health care choice

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Originally published in the Aurora Daily Sentinel, January 29th, 2010.  This version has links to references. Why we're "crazy" about health care choice By Brian T. Schwartz and Linda Gorman Sentinel Editor Dave Perry dismisses the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative as "crazy" and says its supporters "clearly have lost" their ...

Medicare Advantage exposes Medicare’s hidden tax

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Says John Graham at the Pacific Research Institute in a new study: Medicare Advantage ... allows consumers to get their benefits through private insurance plans. Under the Senate Health Care bill, the Medicare Advantage program, would be cut by about $118 billion. “In a very narrow sense, Medicare Advantage plans cost more ...