How will pending legislation determine the cost and availability of health insurance? Will it advantage some people over others?

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

Politicians are striving to legislate improvements in medical quality without asking why our current market arrangements have put too little emphasis on quality and consumer satisfaction.

Changing the 1943 policy on the exclusion of employer-provided health insurance from taxable income wil help create a more efficient health care system.

Congress should take action to move Medicare toward a sound, long-term financial footing; to eliminateabuses in Medicaid payments; and to change the tax treatment of health insurance.