AEI.Org: Scholar: Joseph Antos

Troublesome Direction of Health Reform

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

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

Increase Consumer Choice

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

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

Health Reform: A Fiscal Fantasy Land

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

If Congress passes an overly ambitious bill based on wishful thinking rather than realistic cost accounting, the country will face higher taxes, higher insurance premiums and demands for health care that cannot be satisfied.

Medicare Is No Model for Health Reform

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Instead of pretending that Medicare is the best model for the country, policymakers should recognize that the program is as much in need of reform as the rest of the health system.

Here's Why the Public Plan Won't Work

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Trading fifty sets of state regulations for federal regulations that are even more restrictive would eliminate private competitors.

A Look at Health Care Reform by the Numbers

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There is one number that matters most in this debate: your bank account number, because regardless of the political promises, you will be paying for whatever passes for health care reform this year.

Obama Targets Wrong Tax for Health Reform

Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Obama could simultaneously lower health costs and extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans by reforming the tax treatment of health insurance.

The GOP's Health-Care Alternative

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

More people can be covered by making the current insurance tax subsidy more fair.

Spending Our Way to Health Care Reform

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama has kicked off his health care reforms with an unprecedented shopping spree that will drive costs up, not down.

Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders ...

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Several elements of the health reform plans moving proposed by the White House and moving through Congress would be detrimental to patients.

Stimulus Bails Out States, Puts off Health Care Reform

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama has not even presented his health care reform plan to Congress and already new health spending is spinning out of control.

Statement on the Fiscal Responsibility Summit

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama's Fiscal Responsibility Summit offers a valuable opportunity to focus public attention on an unsustainable budget outlook and to highlight various approaches to meaningful action.

Health Policy in the New Administration

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama and the largely Democratic Congress have committed to spend $227 billion over the next decade in the health sector.

Stakeholder Perspective: Health Reform and the Next President

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Progress for health reform is possible.

Obama's $2,500 Promise

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Obama's plan will ensure that someone writes a check to cover the high cost of your health care. But that someone will probably be you.

Symptomatic Relief, but No Cure

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Obama plan offers a host of policy proposals that, in the main, address the symptoms but not the underlying disease that afflicts the health care system.

The Obama Plan

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If the economic incentives that drive spending growth are not addressed, any savings gained through Barack Obama's proposed reforms will disappear.

Treading Water

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

In spite of what we spend on health care, research tells us that we only receive appropriate care half the time. We are simply not getting what we are paying for.

Health Reform and the Presidential Candidates

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The next president will face a deteriorating economy and tight budget, leaving little room for system-wide health reform.

Lessons from the Clinton Plan

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Clinton health reform attempt in the mid-1990s and the U.S. experience since then suggest some clear lessons for the next U.S. president.

Saving Medicare

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Medicare might be preserved through a system of credits or vouchers for senior health care that grow at a financially sustainable rate.

Taking Back Our Fiscal Future

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Congress and the president need to reform Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security because they are no longer able to run on autopilot.

Medicare Coverage Policies for Biologics: The Broad Gray Line

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

What impact does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services drug coverage have on the future of biologic products?

The Uninsured and Affordability

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Instead of micromanaging the health sector, sensible policy would take advantage of market incentives to reduce inefficiency and promote a high-value health care system.

Medicare Coverage Strategies: Impact of the MMA and PBMs

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Medicare reform is important to maintain and regulate the distribution of funds for health care.

Balancing the Budget on the Backs of Cancer Patients?

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Unless the public intervenes, a new rule will make patients sicker.

SCHIP Guidelines: Principles for Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Families

Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Scholars offer considerations for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Saving Medicare from a Fiscal Breakdown

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Is Medicare headed for a fiscal breakdown?

Slowing the Rising Costs of Health Care Possible

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Everyone must work together to curb the costs of health care.

Everything You Wanted to Know about Medicare But Were Too Confused to Ask

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Changes in Medicare that give consumers more say--like the new Part D drug benefit--are helpful, but we will have to make tough trade-offs in the years ahead.

Medicare Advantage

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Scholarsassess the Medicare Advantage plans, howthey differ from traditional Medicare, how well they meet beneficiaries' needs, and how they affect competition.

Good Medicine for the Tax Code

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The president’s health care proposal would put patients in charge of buying their health care, and eliminate today’s perverse incentive to overspend.

Medicare Part D and Prescription Drug Prices

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Scholars from AEI and elsewhere answer key questions about Medicare drug coverage and government controls.

Ensuring Access to Affordable Drug Coverage in Medicare

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

What will become of the Medicare drug benefit program?

President's Vision for Health Care

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Health Care

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

New Drug Plan

Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

A government program cannot beat the prices available in a vigorously competitive health care market.

Fixing the New Medicare Law #3

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Congress has provided a good start on a properly structured drug benefit through its transitional drug card program with funding for certain low-income beneficiaries.

Fixing the New Medicare Law #2

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Cost estimates of the new Medicare law are at the center of a national debate.

A Benefit That Is Bad for America's Health

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Antos and Gokhale on the dangers of the new prescription drug benefit.

Reforming Health Insurance

Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Congress and Prescription Drugs

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Medicare program has not kept pace with modern medicine's advances.

Outside View

Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Time for a Sensible Medicare Drug Benefit

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Members of Congress are trying to outdo each other in offering senior citizens a prescription drug benefit under Medicare.

Some Bad Options for Drug Coverage

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The Senate expects to debate bills designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs and provide a drug benefit to seniors, butall of these bills would be dangerous to your health.

Medicare + Choice

Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Lack of choice in Medicare industry adds to its many obstacles.

Uncle Sam, M.D.

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This collection of essays provides an indication of the range and depth of AEI’s work in health care reform and pharmaceutical policy.

Private Discounts, Public Subsidies

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

While critics have pronounced the Medicare prescription drug discount card program a failure, Antos and Pinell find that the evidence proves otherwise.

September 15 Health Care Conference Call

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +0100

Health Reform Then and Now: What Do We Need to Know?

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Conference Call: Health Care Reform

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:30:00 +0100

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

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:15:00 +0100

The Five (Not So) Easy Pieces of Health Reform

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Can Health IT Improve Medical Care?

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Health Reform--Guaranteed?

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:30:00 +0100

Old and New Forms of Hospital Competition: Economic and Antitrust Issues

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:30:00 +0100

Disruptive Innovation in Education and Health Care

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0100

Implications of Medicare Part D

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Can Consumers Save Medicare?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100

Responsible Health Reform: Competition, Innovation, and Individual Control

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Can Budget Process Reform Really Save America?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:30:00 +0100

Another Warning for Medicare?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:30:00 +0100

Responsible Health Reform: Competition, Innovation, and Individual Control -- EVENT IS ...

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:00:00 +0100

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:00 +0100

Medicare's Fiscal Future: Getting Worse? Getting Better?

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:30:00 +0100

Is There a Solution to the Medicare Physician Payment Problem?

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:15:00 +0100

How Will the President's Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Work?

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00:00 +0100

Can Government Price Negotiation Work for the Medicare Drug Benefit?

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:00:00 +0100

What Lies Beneath? U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy after the 2006 Elections

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:00:00 +0100

Technology or Insurance

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:30:00 +0100

Has the Drug Benefit Added to Medicare's Financing Woes?

Tue, 02 May 2006 10:00:00 +0100

Fixing the Health Care System

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:00:00 +0100

9 Million Fewer Uninsured?

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:00:00 +0100

Time for Change?

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:45:00 +0100

Does Medicaid Crowd Out Private Long-Term Care Insurance?

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:30:00 +0100

Improving Health Care

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 11:00:00 +0100

What Everyone Should Know about the Bush and Kerry Health Plans

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:00:00 +0100

Election Year Health Proposals

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:00:00 +0100

Health Care System Crisis

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0100

Private Discounts, Public Subsidies

Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:15:00 +0100

Who Should Pay for Medicare?

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:30:00 +0100

March Madness

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:30:00 +0100

The Promise and Pitfalls of Disease Management in Medicaid and Medicare

Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:00:00 +0100

Medicare

Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:15:00 +0100

State of the Union

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:00:00 +0100

Medicare after Reform

Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:00:00 +0100

Will There Be a Medicare Drug Bill This Year?

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:30:00 +0100

Unrestricted Prescription-Drug Importation from Canada and Elsewhere

Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:00:00 +0100

Transform Medicare Rather Than Reform It

Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:00:00 +0100

Can Congress Reach Agreement on a Medicare Drug Benefit?

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:00:00 +0100

The Bottom Line on Medicare Reform

Mon, 02 Jun 2003 12:00:00 +0100

Time Bombs in the Federal Budget

Fri, 09 May 2003 09:30:00 +0100

The 2003 Medicare Trustees' Report

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:00:00 +0100

Pre-"State of the Union" Briefing

Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:00:00 +0100

Detecting Medicare Abuse

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:00:00 +0100

The 2002 Medicare Trustees' Reports

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:00:00 +0100

The 2000 Medicare Trustees' Reports

Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:30:00 +0100

Financing Health Care Reform

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There are two basic ways to finance a reformed health system: raise revenue or reduce health spending. We will undoubtedly do both.

Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The first step toward restoring budget responsibility is to reform the budget decision process so that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are no longer on auto-pilot.

Competition: A Prescription for Health Care Transformation

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Tom Coburn's proposalon reforming Medicare is sound, but we must first focus on smaller plans that are more politically feasible.

Living without Health Insurance

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

We have an opportunity and an obligation to seek solutions to the health-system problems that have put insurance out of reach for millions of Americans.

Market Initiatives to Improve Access to Health Insurance

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensionsonimproving the functioning of the health insurance market and making health coverage more affordable.

The Role of Health Services Research in Improving Our Nation’s Health

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Testimony to the House Approprations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Other Related Agencies on the role of health services research in improving our nation’s health.

Medicare and the Prescription Drug Benefit

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100

We have made promises in Medicare that cannot be kept, and we have compounded those promises with the Medicare Modernization Act.

Can Medicare and Medicaid Promote More Efficient Health Care?

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Congress has a second chance to design a competitive Medicare program that will work and that can begin to transform the health sector.

A Medicare Prescription-Drug Safety Net

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

It would be a mistake to create even a limited Medicare drug benefit that repeats the mistakes of the past.

The Cost of Adding a Prescription-Drug Benefit to Medicare

Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Reforms that go beyond prescription drugs are needed if the program is to survive the financial pressures created by the baby boomers, who will double Medicare enrollment by 2030.

The Role of Market Competition in Strengthening Medicare

Tue, 06 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program can serve as a model for Medicare reform.

Medicare Financing and Prescription Drugs

Wed, 08 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Testimony before the House Committee on the need to modernize and reform Medicare.

Bending the Curve

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Experts in health care policy reached a consensus on a set of concrete, feasible steps that show promise for slowing spending growth and improving quality in health care.

The Case for Real Health Care Reform

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Barack Obama has taken on the task of major health reform, and he might succeed. It is less clear that legislative success would yield a sustainable health care system based on values shared by most Americans.

Financing the U.S. Health System

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Health reform proposals across the spectrum have included changes in how the U.S. health system is financed, but they have policy implications that have received little public attention.

Is There a Right Way to Promote Health Insurance through the Tax System?

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

How can we promote greater efficiency and equity in the health market?

Will Competition Return to Medicare?

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Although Medicare's drug benefit might prove to be a significant obstacle to future reforms, it is an important test of competition and consumer choice.

Ensuring Access to Affordable Drug Coverage in Medicare

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Although it is too early to assess the full impact of Part D on beneficiaries,employers, and taxpayers, we can discuss the major tradeoffs that will determine the success of the program.

Medicare Prescription Drugs

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Congress should revisit the Medicare prescription drug program and insist on significant market-based reforms, not merely an ever-expanding array of benefits.

Analyzing the Kerry and Bush Health Proposals

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This study presents an independent cost estimate and impact analysis of the major policies offered byPresident George W. Bush and John Kerryto expand access to health insurance.

The Politics and Principles of Health Care Reform

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The health care system is ready for change, but to make it better, politicians should embrace five principles for designing effective, sustainable reform.

Have Health Reformers Forgotten Medicare?

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Tackling Medicare is essential to meaningful health care reform, but Congress seems willfully blind to urgency of fixing Medicare.

Medicare's Bad News

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Medicare is in serious fiscal trouble, but no one seems to be paying attention. What can we do to avoid fiscal disaster?

Crisis du Jour or the Real Thing?

Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Will Medicare's trust funds be depleted by the year 2018?

Cutting through Confusion in Part D

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Seniors are struggling to decide whether to enroll in the Medicare prescription drug benefit that began January 1, 2006.

Inflated Claims about Drug Prices

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Reports from AARP and Families USA have heightened concerns among policymakers and the public about the affordability of prescription drugs. However, those reports are misleading.

Health Policy on a Budget

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Congress should take action to move Medicare toward a sound, long-term financial footing; to eliminateabuses in Medicaid payments; and to change the tax treatment of health insurance.

Kerry, Bush, and the Uninsured

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

By giving individuals ownership of their health insurance, the George W. Bush plan begins to change the incentives toward prudent purchasing and better value for our health care dollars.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Medicare reform is required that improves health care delivery and provides better incentives to patients, providers, and health plans; the issue needs to be reopened--as early as next year.

Of Sausage-Making and Medicare

Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Through the Medicare Act of 2003, private plans will offer more services to seniors, but with restrictions that could blunt the effectiveness of competition in restraining cost growth.

How to Overcome Four Key Obstacles to a Medicare Drug Benefit

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Legislation could create a sensible drug benefit and put us on the path toward prudent reform, but achieving those aims will require the conference committee to rethink parts of the proposals.

Saving Medicare

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A system of sustainable credits would limit the runaway growth of Medicare spending and give seniors the power to make the best of a difficult situation.

Medicare: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Effective competition can change the culture of entitlement that drives patients and providers to demand more without regard to the impact on our ability to finance other pressing social needs.

The Medicare Prescription-Drug Benefit Is Bad for America's Health

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The new prescription drug benefit will be a fiscally irresponsible subsidy with astronomical long-term costs.

What Congress Should Do about Prescription Drugs for Seniors

Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The leading proposals for a Medicare drug benefit would displace existing insurance coverage for many seniors, impose tremendous new costs on taxpayers, and slow the development of new drugs.