Posted on 03/23/2010 6:22:14 PM PDT by Eagle of Liberty
Less than a year and a half after enacting the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-360), Congress was forced by a ground swell of negative public reaction to retract the legislation, the first major enhancement in Medicare benefits since the program’s inception in 1965. A retrenchment of this magnitude is unprecedented in postwar social welfare policy. The experience also appears to have soured Congress toward enacting further increases in Medicare benefits for elderly and disabled beneficiaries. Passage of major long-term care legislation is probably the most serious near-term casualty.
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In this article, we take a deeper look at some of the reasons for the failure of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act. Our conclusions are based on a representative national telephone survey of 500 Medicare beneficiaries conducted in spring 1989, just over halfway between the time the legislation was signed (July 1988) and eventually repealed (November 1989). We pay particular attention to the prescription drug benefits, which would have been the first major new service ever added to Medicare. The other major components of the legislation concerned hospital and physician services, benefits that historically have formed the core of the Medicare program.
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Ronald Reagan was right...
“Well, let us see what the socialists themselves have to say about it. They say once the Ferrand bill is passed this nation will be provided with a mechanism for socialized medicine capable of indefinite expansion in every direction until it includes the entire population. Now we can’t say we haven’t been warned.”
Thanks for posting this. I think it was Hannity who first brought this to my attention.
For all you surrender monkeys out there who’ve given up. PROOF that entitlements can and do get repealed
The History of HMOs - November 1, 1999
Subsidized, unrestricted health care for seniors lead to an unprecedented frenzy of spending by patients and doctors.
Gotta say that I haven`t given up hope,but thanks for the historical ammo,there`s an a-hole I work with that likes to say “it`ll never happen”,now I can,”But it alredy has,and it will again.”Volunteer for Victory! Or battle cry is, REPEAL!
In this article, we take a deeper look at some of the reasons for the failure of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act. Our conclusions are based on a representative national telephone survey of 500 Medicare beneficiaries conducted in spring 1989, just over halfway between the time the legislation was signed (July 1988) and eventually repealed (November 1989). We pay particular attention to the prescription drug benefits, which would have been the first major new service ever added to Medicare. The other major components of the legislation concerned hospital and physician services, benefits that historically have formed the core of the Medicare program.
Do our congressmen and senators have this article? Should they get a copy?
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