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The Gang of Ten’s “Solution”: This is What Happens When You Give Five People Too Much Power– Part 1
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Maggie Mahar,
The Century Foundation,
12/9/2009
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Last night, the news broke that the “Gang of Ten” (the Senators who have been trying to break the deadlock between moderates and liberals) had come up with a two-part alternative to the public option. Under their proposal, Americans 55 to 65 could buy in to Medicare if they choose—and if they could afford it. Meanwhile, for Americans under 55, the public option would be replaced with non-profit private insurance plans overseen by The Office of Personnel Management, the group that now administers the Federal Employees’ Plan. Continue Reading.
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
In “Getting More Value from Medicare,” The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar points out that past proposals for containing Medicare’s costs, such as putting a cap on physicians’ fees or requiring beneficiaries to pay more for their care, have not worked.
Money-Driven Medicine
 View, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), a book by The Century Foundation's Health Fellow, Maggie Mahar. |
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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