Medicare

Time for Medicaid Transparency

01/31/2010
It's time to use technology to ensure that Medicaid claims data can be used by the state and the public to drive cost savings and better health outcomes.

Medicare and the Mayo Clinic

01/06/2010
The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby explores the problems with Medicare--and why we should imitate Mayo instead.

Health Care Mandate Mania

By Chris Andriesen
06/25/2008
What to do about 47 million uninsured nationwide and 1.4 million Illinoisans without insurance?  This has become a central issue in the debate over health care.  In recent years, mandates, both on individuals and businesses, have emerged as a popular solution among policymakers to address the chronic problem of the uninsured and uncompensated care. Last...