What reforms will revive the FEHBP and improve Medicare?

Walton Francis explains what you need to know about the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) as Senate Democrats debate an alternative to the public option that would ostensibly be modeled on the FEHBP.

This careful analysis of Medicare and the FEHBP is an invaluable guide for policymakers considering major health reforms while juggling the twin problems of runaway health care spending and looming Medicare insolvency.

In Putting Medicare Consumers in Charge: Lessons from the FEHBP, noted health insurance expert Walton Francis identifies key lessons from that experience, arguing not only that both Medicare and the FEHBP can be improved, but also that each program contains lessons--both positive and negative--for national health care reform today.