Issues to Consider in Examining Cost, Access, and Quality Challenges
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Issues to Consider in Examining Cost, Access, and Quality Challenges
Potential Areas of Inquiry:
Should early retirees and possibly others be allowed to purchase a "basic and essential care" policy through Medicare? Should this option be combined with raising Medicare's eligibility age?
How can our international agreements encourage the equitable sharing of financial responsibility for developing pharmaceuticals and other medical technologies that are currently financed through public expenditures and higher U.S. prices?
