Congress and the president need to reform Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security because they are no longer able to run on autopilot.

This book discusses the economic effects of health care reform on the federal budget, the labor market, income distribution, innovation, and the administration of health care.

There have been repeated warnings from across the political spectrum that Medicare spending will bankrupt the country unless it is curbed. AEI's Joseph Antos and a panel of experts will discuss what it would take to overcome political and technical roadblocks to necessary action.

Policymakers generally agree that reining in health spending is the key to stabilizing the country's economic future.They seem to dismiss the possibility that a budgeted health system can spur improvements in health care delivery.

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

***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.***

Americans spend over $2 trillion annually on health care, and health costs are growing at unsustainable rates. Millions of Americans are uninsured. Those with insurance are concerned that they are not getting enough value for their health care dollars. These problems are driving the...

To achieve fiscal and political sanity we need a more rational and disciplined health reform package, a meaningful fiscal commission that can agree on a path to long-term budget restraint, and a bold tax reform effort.

In this seminar in AEI's tax policy series, Prof. Mark Pauly and Bradley Herring of the University of Pennsylvania discuss the options available in the design of refundable tax credits for health insurance purchases. They compare three alternative types of tax credit schemes: fixed-dollar credits toward the purchase of a...