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RESEARCH AREAS
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
AEI scholars have been leaders in the debates on health entitlement reform, including the long-term Medicare funding structure, the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Medicaid funding formula, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP.
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Feature: Competitive Pricing for Medicare
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| Political attention has focused on the problems of the private health insurance system, with little regard to the structural defects of Medicare that are pushing the program toward a fiscal crisis within the next decade. A switch to competitive pricing methods could produce greater budget savings, improve program efficiency, and make Medicare more sustainable into the future. In a forthcoming book from the AEI Press, Robert Coulam, Bryan Dowd, and Roger Feldman argue for replacing Medicare's complex pricing formulas with a truly competitive pricing system. Their proposal would require private Medicare Advantage plans and the traditional fee-for-service Medicare to bid against each other without setting artificial benchmarks that favor one type of plan over another. AEI held a book forum on July 17 to discuss the ideas presented in this book. The latest Health Policy Outlook, written by Coulam, Dowd, and Feldman, also examines these ideas.
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Scholars on Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP
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Medicaid: The Forgotten Issue in Health Reform
Medicaid provides health care for the poorest and most severely disabled members of our society, and improving its quality should be a top priority.
The Insurance Fix
We need targeted reforms, not a federal takeover, to fix the insurance system.
AEI's Gottlieb on Health Reform: First, a[n Expensive] Step Back
It is becoming increasingly clear that the initial impact of President Obama's health care reform will be to raise the cost of health insurance and the number of uninsured Americans.
First, a Step Back
It is increasingly clear that the initial impact of President Obama's health care reform will be to raise the cost of health insurance and the number of uninsured Americans, perhaps sharply.
PAST EVENTS
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
On July 22, AEI's health policy scholars provided analysis and answered questions on health care reform during a conference call.
Friday, July 17, 2009
09:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Panelists discuss competitive pricing in Medicare.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Panelists discuss Thomas W. Grannemann and Mark V. Pauly's newly released book, Reform Medicaid First: Laying the Foundation for National Health Care Reform.
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