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Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board

08/27/2013 Published on Forbes.com
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Democrats and Republicans are still struggling to pass a 2014 budget, and have been unable to agree on where, and by how much, federal spending should be cut. Furthermore, the deadline is approaching: Congress has…

The Time for Entitlement Reform is Now

05/04/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Both Democrats and Republicans alike were surprised when Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad recently introduced the blueprint of the Bowles-Simpson deficit-reduction plan as a starting point for the Senate’s budget negotiations. Democrats expected Conrad to put forward a Democratic budget…

People are accepting hard choices. Congress must debate.

02/06/2012 Published on MedCity News
The Republican primary in Florida brought discussions of healthcare, particularly Medicare, back to the forefront of the national discourse. With its sizeable senior population, Medicare and Social Security were top of mind to Florida voters. It is certainly important that…