Modernizing Medicare

Harnessing the Power of Consumer Choice and Market Competition

Robert Emmet Moffit, Mark Pauly, Charles P. Blahous, Christopher Pope, John C. Goodman, Brian J. Miller, Gail R. Wilensky, Robert Emmet Moffit, Joseph R. Antos, Edmund F. Haislmaier, Doug Badger, Walton F. Francis, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Robert Emmet Moffit, Marie Fishpaw

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781421446035
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Policy

Top policy experts offer Medicare reform solutions for the millions of seniors whose health care depends on America's fastest growing federal entitlement.

In Modernizing Medicare, editors Robert Emmet Moffit and Marie Fishpaw bring together a rare combination of leading scholars and policy practitioners to outline a vision for Medicare reform and provide solutions for the millions of seniors whose health care depends on it. Contributors include a former Medicare trustee, a former Medicare administrator, and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office.

Detailing Medicare's biggest problems, this team of top policy experts offer solutions based on personal freedom of choice, transparency of price and performance, and market competition among health plans and providers that will secure patients more affordable, more accountable, and higher quality medical care. They also address Medicare's reform needs and analyze the promising performance of the Medicare Advantage program. The authors outline Medicare's major financial problems and the best solutions for Medicare patients and taxpayers alike. While Medicare's accelerating spending is generating higher deficits and debt, standard cost-control strategies—such as payment reductions and price controls—jeopardize patients' access to high-quality care.

Contributors: Joseph R. Antos, PhD; Doug Badger; Charles P. Blahous, PhD; Walton F. Francis; John C. Goodman, PhD; Edmund F. Haislmaier; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, PhD; Brian J. Miller, MD, MBA, MPH; Robert Emmet Moffit, PhD; Mark V. Pauly, PhD; Christopher M. Pope, PhD; Gail R. Wilensky, PhD.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• 1. Introduction: Reviving the Medicare Reform Consensus
• Part I. The Challenge of Medicare Reform
• Part II. Medicare Advantage: The Record and Opportunity
• Part III. Transitioning to Premium Support: The Promise of Greater Personal Choice and Market Competition
• Index