By next year, about two-thirds of American physicians will be working as salaried employees of large groups and hospitals. This movement has been underway for years. Over the last decade, the number of independent physicians was falling by about 2% a year. But these trends are now accelerating. 

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.

Panelists discuss competitive pricing in Medicare.

Does Medicare promote the seven deadly sins: avarice, gluttony, envy, sloth, lust, anger, and vanity? Why has it created so much conflict among different types of providers and among different regions of the country? Why is there so much emphasis on cost and access and not on the...

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

A bipartisan group of former adminstration officials write to Attorney General Gonzales in support of reauthorizing the Patriot Act.

Ballooning costs for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are leading the United States toward fiscal crisis.