A distinguished panel of experts, including current and past members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and two former CMS administrators, will debate whether "past is prologue" in Medicare's latest efforts to save itself--and the health system.

In its latest report, the Census Bureau estimated that there were 45 million Americans without health insurance in 2003. Two analyses sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conclude that between 4 and 9 million people reported as uninsured actually have coverage through state Medicaid programs. How...

Health insurers, hospitals, doctors, and the government are fighting each other to gain control over the $2 trillion health-care system, and patients could be the losers in this battle for power and profit. In her new book, Who Killed Health Care? (McGraw-Hill, June 2007), Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger...

Policymakers should not wait any longer to address the growing fiscal crisis in this country. Responsible reform of Medicare is a major component of any plan to place the country back on a sustainable fiscal path.

Traditional budget measures-such as the national debt and deficits-are becoming inadequate as federal budget priorities shift increasingly toward social insurance programs. As the baby-boom generation retires and life spans continue to lengthen, the share of retirees in the U.S. population will expand considerably and Social Security and Medicare...

Ending the use of DDT in malarious areas may pose great risks to the health and welfare of people and would be based on flawed analysis.

A major study of U.S.-Cuba relations warns that America is ill-prepared for the serious dilemmas and even threats posed by a post-Castro Cuba.

Brits are furious at Blair and view the war as based on a monstrous deception.