Medicaid accounted for 14.8 percent of the $2.1 trillion in total health spending in 2006 and 7 percent of the federal budget in 2007. In the next ten years, Medicaid expenditures are projected to grow at a rate of 7.9 percent per year, a rate that exceeds the growth of...

Last April, the Massachusetts health-care reform bill was signed into law by Governor Mitt Romney. This legislation is intended to substantially reduce the number of uninsured in the state. The plan primarily relies on three policy tools. It requires that all state residents purchase health insurance. It offers income-related subsidies...

The new health care law will likely generate more cost shifting--the opposite of what its supporters would have us believe.

A new study continues to rain on the political parade of claims that the uncompensated care costs of the uninsured are largely recycled into higher private insurance premiums.

How does the Massachusetts health plan work? Can it be implemented in other states?

The Massachusetts health reform plan has generated more favorable press plaudits and political projections than its shaky foundations merit.

Leading experts on physician markets and health insurance consider what constitutes fair compensation to physicians under Medicare.

The president should pursue reformthat encourages health insurance and preserves progressive tax treatment.