An opportunity exists for Iowa leadership to take advantage of plans for a national market and become the leader in providing affordable health-insurance coverage.

President Bush proposed to gradually change the way U.S. health care is purchased and offered an opportunity to rein in the rising costs of care.

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.

Medicare will not be fixed by minor adjustments to the system. The only solution now is a major overhaul.

American health spending continues its rapid increase while millions of Americans lack health insurance. For a change, we could get the consumer involved in making economic decisions.

Mitt Romney's health careproposals, which rely on free markets and federalism, will go a long way to fixing ournation'shealth carewoes.

If you are a fiscal conservative who cares about balancing the federal budget, there may be no more important vote in your career than one in support of the new Medicare bill.

A society that entrenches the virtues of entrepreneurial vitality and individual responsibility is not best achieved by increasing the numbers of legislators explicitly opposed to market-minded reform.