A Conservative Vision of Health Care Reform
Posted at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 20
Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Avik Roy propose using some provisions of President Obama’s health care reform law as a means of enacting “a comprehensive, market-oriented healthcare agenda.”
“The market-oriented prescription drug program in Medicare has controlled the growth of government health spending… Congress should raise the eligibility age for traditional Medicare by three months each year — for the foreseeable future. Retirees will then gradually migrate into the exchanges’ premium-support systems. Medicaid-eligible seniors should also be offered exchange-based coverage, to improve the quality and coordination of their care.”
Matthew Yglesias: “these are substantial changes they’re proposing. But don’t buy their rhetoric…this isn’t an alternative to ObamaCare it’s a negotiated surrender. In fact, it’s exactly the kind of outcome the White House was hoping for when they launched this process back in 2009.”
