Tag: Medicare
Everybody thinks it’s a good idea, but it’s really quite complicated. President Trump’s proposal to establish an international pricing index as a benchmark to control drug spending under Medicare Part B has once again raised the issue of allowing the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs for Medicare. Indeed, a recent Kaiser Family…
Deliberately imperiling federal finances should not be an excuse to cut programs for older Americans. It was unsurprising to many when the Treasury announced in mid-October that the federal budget deficit rose 17 percent in Fiscal Year 2018. This increase reflected the tax cut and subsequent spending hikes enacted in the past year. Contrary to…
