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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.

Feature: Putting Medicare Consumers in Charge

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In a new AEI Press book, Putting Medicare Consumers in Charge, Walton Francis examines the popular Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. He notes that is has outperformed Medicare in cost control and still outperforms the program in service, benefit generosity, fraud prevention, and protection from high health care expenses. Francis analyses both programs and proposes reforms to revive FEHBP and improve Medicare. This book is the latest in an AEI series on Medicare policy.

Scholars on Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP

Recent Publications

Federal Health Spending Under Reid Bill Is Double What He Claims

AEI Online
Friday, November 20, 2009

AEI's Joe Antos says actual federal health spending for the health care bill proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be double what Reid claims it will be.

Troublesome Direction of Health Reform

By Joseph Antos
NationalJournal.com
Monday, November 16, 2009

The health care reform proposals currently under consideration will simply expand the current inefficient system.

Increase Consumer Choice

By Joseph Antos
New York Times Room for Debate
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The House health care bill offers easy-to-score budget cuts instead of the smarter purchasing and smarter medical practice we need.

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Books

Putting Medicare Consumers in Charge Lessons from the FEHBP

By Walton Francis
AEI Press
(October 2009)

This careful analysis of Medicare and the FEHBP is an invaluable guide for policymakers considering major health reforms while juggling the twin problems of runaway health care spending and looming Medicare insolvency.

Reform Medicaid First Laying the Foundation for National Health Care Reform

By Mark V. Pauly , Thomas W. Grannemann
AEI Press
(June 2009)

As Congress contemplates major revisions to America's health care system, two leading health economists warn that significant differences among state Medicaid programs will hinder national health care reform.

How to Fix Medicare Let's Pay Patients, Not Physicians

By Roger Feldman
AEI Press
(June 2008)

Implemented wisely, Feldman argues, medical indemnities would expand consumer choice, improve program efficiency, and simplify the Medicare program.

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Events

PAST EVENTS

Conference Call: Health Care Reform

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.

Don't Forget to Save Medicare: Competitive Pricing, Not Price Controls

Friday, July 17, 2009
09:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Panelists discuss competitive pricing in Medicare.

Reform Medicaid First

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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Scholars on Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP

Scholars on Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP