Health, Welfare, and Entitlements > Medicare and Medicaid
Books and Book Chapters
Medicare Meets Mephistopheles, by David Hyman (September 2006).
Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, Michael F. Cannon and Michael Tanner (Cato Institute, September 2005)
"Medicare and Medicaid," Chapter 8 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 109th Congress.
"Health Care," Chapter 7 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 109th Congress.
"Improving Access to Healthcare without Comprehensive Health Coverage Insurance: Incentives, Competition, Choice and Priorities," by Tom Miller, article in Covering America: Real Remedies for the Uninsured, December 2002.
Cato Studies
"A Fork in the Road: Obama, McCain, and Health Care," by Michael D. Tanner, Briefing Paper no. 104, July 29, 2008
"The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World," by Michael D. Tanner, Policy Analysis no. 613, March 18, 2008
"WHO's Fooling Who? The World Health Organization's Problematic Ranking of Health Care Systems," by Glen Whitman, Briefing Paper no. 101, February 28, 2008
"A Gift of Life Deserves Compensation: How to Increase Living Kidney Donation with Realistic Incentives," by Arthur Matas, Policy Analysis no. 604, November 7, 2007
"The Freedom to Spend Your Own Money on Medical Care: A Common Casualty of Universal Coverage," by Kent Masterson Brown, Policy Analysis no. 601, October 15, 2007
Articles and Newsletters
"Bill Gates Doesn't Need Any Help from Younger Workers," by Michael Cannon, in Should Medicare Be Means-Tested? A Symposium, Center of the American Experiment, May 2007, pp. 11-12.
"Pay-for-Performance: Is Medicare a Good Candidate?," by Michael F. Cannon, 7 Yale J. Health P. Law & Ethics (forthcoming 2007).
Tom Miller writes on Medicare privatization for the Reason Public Policy Institute's 16th Annual Report on Privatization (pdf), April 2002.
Opinion and Commentary
"No Tax Increase Needed," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, August 7, 2008
"The Big Squeeze," by Michael D. Tanner, Washington Times, July 25, 2008
"How to Fix Healthcare Delivery," by Arnold Kling, The American, June 17, 2008
"Voters Send Mixed Messages on Health Care," by Michael D. Tanner, Orange County Register, June 13, 2008
"Paul Ryan's Roadmap for the GOP," by Michael D. Tanner, McClatchy News Service, June 11, 2008
Events
"Whatever Happened to Medicare Reform?," May 15, 2008 [Policy Forum]
"Medicaid's Soaring Costs: Time to Step on the Brakes," July 19, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Improving Health Care Quality: Is Medicare a Good Candidate for Pay-for-Performance?," November 2, 2006 [Policy Forum]
"Medicare Meets Mephistopheles," September 21, 2006 [Book Forum]
"Shared Sacrifice: Delaying the Medicare Drug Benefit," October 7, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Speeches and Congressional Testimony
"Speech by Tom Miller, What's Right and Wrong About the Senate Medicare Bill?," Cato Congressional Speech, June 20, 2003.
"Powerpoint presentation by Tom Miller, What's Right and Wrong About the Senate Medicare Bill?," Cato Congressional Speech, June 20, 2003.
"Speech by Tom Miller, Drug Access for Medicare Beneficiaries," May 21, 2003.
"Rising Health Care Costs: The New Role for Consumer Empowerment, Greater Cost Medical Savings Accounts, and Two-Tiered Defined Contribution Health Plans," by Tom Miller, Speech before Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Health, August 13, 2002.
"Speech by Greg Scandlen, Affecting the Demand Side of the Equation," Cato Congressional Speech, December 19, 1999.
Multimedia
"Medicare a Model for National Health Insurance?" featuring Michael F. Cannon, July 10, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:53]
"Pushing Parity for Mental Health" featuring Michael F. Cannon, March 24, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:36]
"McCain and Obama on Health Care" featuring Michael D. Tanner, February 25, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:08]
January 29, 2008: John R. Graham evaluates individual American ownership of their health care. [Flash Video, 06:54]
"Bush's Dubious SCHIP Victory" featuring Michael F. Cannon, January 11, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:32]
