Breaking Health Care Research: A New Way Forward in Medicare Reform
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) will impact every corner of the health care system, especially Medicare. Unfortunately, the new law speeds the program’s travel in the wrong direction by building upon existing problems and creating new ones. There’s a better way to restore Medicare, as Heritage’s Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., and James Capretta outline in recent research.
Obamacare makes $575 billion in cuts to Medicare and increases bureaucratic micromanagement of seniors’ care. If history is any indicator, this will be a failed attempt to increase efficiency. Moreover, the legislation will not solve existing issues, such as seniors’ decreasing access to health services or geographically disparate quality of care.
Alternatively, Moffit and Capretta suggest reforming Medicare into a premium support system: (more…)