Overhaul Medicare? Restructure Medicaid? Not so fast, say those who receive medical care via those agencies.
In the wake of legislative stirrings about changing these signature government health organizations, the Kaiser Family Foundation asked members of the public what their preferences were: Keep the programs as they are, or tinker with them in hopes of improving their services?
Seven out of 10 said, "Don't mess with Medicare benefits!" Another 26 percent favored revisiting the benefits package so that seniors would receive a fixed contribution toward the cost of health insurance. Apparently the other 4 percent lived in caves and didn't know what the Kaiser folks were talking about.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
