Medicare reform
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Bush Administration is expected to unveil its plan to revamp the Medicare system the week of Jan. 27. For the White House and Congress, "the barriers to a compromise on Medicare fall into three categories: cost, delivery system and reform," including how much should be spent on a prescription drug benefit and how the delivery model should be structured, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Max Baucus (D-Mont.) asserted at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference Jan. 23. Baucus said he is "willing to go down the road toward a private insurance model"...