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October 2, 2012

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Medicare Roundup: Setting the Record Straight

In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reform of Medicare based on a defined contribution financing. In fact, this approach to reforming Medicare has a long bipartisan tradition, going back to the 1980s and Representatives Richard Gephardt (D–MO) and David Stockman (R–MI). In fact, much of this criticism is distorted, misleading, or just plain wrong.

Here are some articles that set the record straight:
Obamacare will end Medicare as we know it (Paul Howard)

Washington Times, 9/27/12

“Both parties like to play the ‘Mediscare’ card, so the question is not whether we need to slow the rate of Medicare spending (we do), but whether the cuts are structured in a way that makes Medicare sustainable over the long run.”

Medicare Coupons, Strokes, and Heart Attacks (Bob Moffit)

National Review Online, 9/25/12

“The Medicare misinformation machine is spinning overtime. As President Ronald Reagan once said, ‘Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.’”

Boos Subside as Ryan Explains the Truth (Grace-Marie Turner)

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September 20, 2012

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Medicare Roundup: Setting the Record Straight

In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reforming Medicare based on defined-contribution financing. In fact, this approach to reforming Medicare has a long bipartisan tradition, going back to the 1980s and Representatives Richard Gephardt (D–MO) and David Stockman (R–MI). In fact, much of this criticism is distorted, misleading, or just plain wrong.

Here are some articles that set the record straight.

Op-Eds/Blogs:

Medicare Reform Debate: What Really Works in Health Care Competition (Kevin Dayaratna)

The Heritage Foundation, 9/13/12

“[T]here is indeed a growing body of academic evidence that competition can help reduce health care costs.”

Top Obama Advisers Proposed Voucherizing Medicare Way Back in…2010? (Avik Roy)

Forbes, 9/13/12

“Two key Obama health-care advisers—David Cutler of Harvard and Jonathan Gruber of MIT—proposed that Obama privatize the Medicare program as part of the negotiations surrounding the Bowles-Simpson deficit commission in 2010.”

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