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Joseph Antos and Max Richtman talked about the fiscal viability of Social Security and Medicare.

The American Enterprise Institute held a forum on Medicare’s financial future and the 2022 Medicare Trustees Report, which was released the previous week. Speakers included Paul Spitalnic, c…

Paul Spitalnic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) chief actuary, was the featured speaker at an American Enterprise Institute discussion on CMS’s most recent annual report…

Physicians for a National Health Program president Dr. Adam Gaffney and American Enterprise Institute scholar Joseph Antos talked about the Medicare For All plans and how they would change t…

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma spoke at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) about Medicare payment rules and potential changes to that system. She p…

Paul Spitalnic, the chief actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, outlined the 2018 trustees' report and why Medicare is projected to be insolvent in 2026. Following his …

Speakers that included the chief actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took part in a forum on the 2017 Medicare Board of Trustee report saying the federal health c…

Health care analysts and industry leaders talked about new programs and strategies to lower health care costs. They also discussed whether the Affordable Care Act played a role in the slowdo…

Panelists talked about possible Medicare reforms. Topics included premium adjustments according to income, increasing the role of private insurance companies, and restructuring payment to ph…

Panelists talked about the causes of rising health care costs. Topics included the cost of high-tech medical procedures, chronic disease, life style choices and high-cost patients. They resp…

Witnesses testified on proposals to control Medicare costs. One proposal would give seniors a voucher to shop for their own private health insurance. Under their so-called “premium support” …

Panelists looked back at President Clinton’s 1993 attempt to overhaul the U.S. care system in comparison to what President Obama is trying in the present. The heads of the Congressional Budg…

This was the third in a series of roundtable hearings intended to bring health care policy and industry experts together to inform the development of comprehensive health care reform legisla…

Panelists discussed the future of Medicare and the trustees' report which was released the previous day. Topics included how different parts of Medicare are financed, the assumptions the tru…

The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a news conference and talked about the results of their study of "Out-of-Pocket Medicare Prescription Drug Costs".

The panelists talked about the status of Medicare prescription drug legislation and what the bill may look like after House and Senate conferees finish negotiating. Topics included means tes…

Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed different versions of Medicare prescription drug legislation in July. Experts talked about what is in the differing versions…

Panelists talked about the financial health of the Medicare Trust Fund, whose annual report was released yesterday. They analyzed the report, noting the increase in Medicare expenditures, an…