A Small Step In The Right Direction
By H.E. Frech III and Kenneth L. Danger
The Senate's proposal to charge higher premiums for Part B (physician's services) insurance for higher income Medicare beneficiaries is a small step in the right direction. It recognizes reality: Medicare is a welfare program, part of the governmental safety net. The details of Medicare are not part of the social contract. Medicare can be changed and still provide high quality coverage and access, but at a lower cost. This is the social contract.
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Wrong Fix, Wrong Time
By Joe White
If being a centrist means endorsing dangerous policies that anger liberals, President Clinton is getting more centrist every day. His support for the Senate's "means-test" of Medicare premiums is nowhere near so bad as his signing of last year's welfare bill. But it puts Medicare at greater risk than is necessary to "save" it.
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