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2003 Medicare Maladies Archive

"Medicare Maladies" is a regular feature, first launched in 2003 and revived in 2007, from The Heritage Foundation. Sad to say, there's another malady coming your way soon.

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Medicare Malady #1: The White House is Off Target

Medicare Malady #2: Congress Above The Law (Or At Least Medicare Reform)

Medicare Malady #3: Seniors Will Pay More For Drugs

Medicare Malady #4: Who Really Pays for the Prescription Drug Benefit?

Medicare Malady #5: Senate Keeps Best Health Plan for Itself

Medicare Malady #6: 21 Papers to Medicare “Reform”: Drop Dead

Medicare Malady #7: Congress Added Drug Benefits Before (It Didn’t Work)

Medicare Malady #8: America Needs A Debate, Not A Deal

Medicare Malady #9: Kiss Your Tax Cuts Goodbye

Medicare Malady #10: Hypocrites on the Hill

Medicare Malady #11: “Free” Drugs Will Cost $2,000,000,000,000 By 2030

Medicare Malady #12: Prescription Drugs Bad Medicine for Tax Reform

Medicare Malady #13: Whatever Happened to the Medicare of 1965?

Medicare Malady #14: No, The Kids Will Not Be All Right

Medicare Malady #15: Forget College. Save For Baby’s Medicare Taxes.

Medicare Malady #16: A Better Medicare Bill Is a New One, Mr. President

Medicare Malady #17: Congress Is Backwards on Medicare Reform

Medicare Malady #18: How Much Is $400 Billion?

Medicare Malady #19: Who Are We Kidding Here?

Medicare Malady #20: The Nine Tests of Medicare Reform (Can Congress Pass Them?)

Medicare Malady #21: Medicare Can’t Get No Satisfaction

Medicare Malady #22: Dude, Where's My $400 Billion?

Medicare Malady #23: Reforming Medicare Like It's 1999

Medicare Malady #24: Happy Birthday Elizabeth. Now Pay Up.

Medicare Malady #25: More Papers To Medicare Drug Bill: Drop Dead

Medicare Malady #26: Hey, Kids! Guess What YOU Will Pay For Medicare

Medicare Malady #27: Senator, Where Does Medicare Money Come From?

Medicare Malady #28: Why Aren’t The Rest of Us As Good As Congress?

Medicare Malady #29: Here’s Your Drug Benefit. Now Hand Over $9,710

Medicare Malady #30: How Much Are Future Drugs Worth To Retirees?

Medicare Malady #31: Who Are The Drug Bills Supposed To Help Again?

Medicare Malady #32: FEHBP, The One Element Worth Keeping

Medicare Malady #33: A Modest Proposal for the Drug Bill Deadlock

Medicare Malady #34: The "Popular" Drug Proposal Nobody Likes

Medicare Malady #35: As if Having Cancer Isn't Bad Enough

Medicare Malady #36: 7 Out Of 10 Americans Say Congress Is Wrong

Medicare Malady #37: Medicare Bill A Bust With Baby Boomers

Medicare Malady #38: Senators Are Ignoring What Works

Medicare Malady #39: Times Change. Why Can’t Medicare?

Medicare Malady #40: A Nation Of Medicare, By Medicare, For Medicare

Medicare Malady #41: A “Down Payment”You Can’t Afford

Medicare Malady #42: Grandma and Grandpa Are Ticked Off

Medicare Malady #43: How Medicare Segregates Seniors

Medicare Malady #44: The Sledgehammer and The Fly

Medicare Malady #45: The Seniors Strike Back

Medicare Malady #46: Four Views, One Verdict: This Is A Bad Idea

Medicare Malady #47: Tracking The Bad Policy M.O.

Medicare Malady #48: FEHBP To The Rescue

Medicare Malady #49: Mr. President, The Medicare Debate Needs You

Medicare Malady #50: How Medicare Forces Your M.D. To Need A J.D.

Medicare Malady #51: What They Don’t Teach Students In Med School

Medicare Malady #52: The Dirty Little Secret of Prescription Drugs

Medicare Malady #53: Doing The Right Thing For Medicare

Medicare Malady #54: Want To Keep Medicare Solvent? Keep Working.

Medicare Malady #55: Medicare By The Numbers

Medicare Malady #56: Medicare, the Ineffective Price Controller

Medicare Malady #57: Live Long And Squander Medicare

Medicare Malady #58: Lawmakers Say “Yes.”But Insurers Say “No Way.”

Medicare Malady #59: Even A Clinton Health Adviser Thinks This Is Bad

Medicare Malady #60: OK, Class. Let's Review...

Medicare Malady #61: Is There A Senator In The House?

Medicare Malady #62: There's No Happy Ending Here

Medicare Malady #63: The People Who Use Insurance Don't Control It

Medicare Malady #64: How Many Retirees Would Lose In Your State?

Medicare Malady #65: We'll Finish By July. No, Wait. The Fall. No, Wait...

Medicare Malady #66: “No, Do Harm First”

Medicare Malady #67: What Americans Value The Most

Medicare Malady #68: The Road to Health-Care Serfdom Starts Here

Medicare Malady #69: Who Doesn't Get Hurt Under The Medicare Deal?

Medicare Malady #70: Senator, Call Your Home Office (And Health Plan)

Medicare Malady #71: Up, Up And Away With Your Money

Medicare Malady #72: What Are Lawmakers Trying To Do Here Again?

Medicare Malady #73: "Son Of Clinton Plan" Returns To Washington

Medicare Malady #74: Trust, But Verify On Medicare, Mr. President.

Medicare Malady #75: The Medicare Gag That's On You

Medicare Malady #76: Winners, Losers And The Medicare Bill

Medicare Malady #77: Who Really Pays For Whose Drug Coverage

Medicare Malady #78: Left, Right And Center Agree This Is Bad

Medicare Malady #79: Medicare Survey Says? Buzzzzzz!

Medicare Malady #80: Don't Call the Coroner Yet

Medicare Malady #81: Dinner's On Me (But You Can't Order That)

Medicare Malady #82: Hypo-Hypocrites on The Hill

Medicare Malady #83: Why Test Something That Already Works?

Medicare Malady #84: Great Tests In Health Policy History...Not!

Medicare Malady #85: Medicare Bill Not A Workhorse But An "Aardvark"

Medicare Malady #86: Christmas Comes to Washington

Medicare Malady #87: It Comes Down To This

Medicare Malady #88: HowfastcanyoureadtheMedicaredrugbill?

Medicare Malady #89: Who Knows What The Medicare Bill Really Costs?

Medicare Malady #90: The Truth Is Out There

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