For Medicare, Mr. Bush routinely budgeted less than actual costs for payments to physicians, although he and Congress regularly waived a law mandating the lower reimbursements for fear that doctors would quit serving beneficiaries in protest.
Conservatives say that competition and private market forces will, eventually, do a better job ofcontaining costs and serving beneficiaries than a centralized government bureaucracy ever could, and that the elderly will ultimately "vote with their feet" by joining the private plans.
We also need consequences for spending that isn't proven to serve beneficiaries".
Not that politicians should tell the sector what to do or how to serve beneficiaries, I hasten to add!
The question arose whether bolder investments served beneficiaries better in the long term, by increasing cash flow and pushing charities to innovate.
In 1999, policymakers implemented the Ticket to Work program, which provides beneficiaries with more vendor choices for obtaining employment services and offers employment-support service providers new financial incentives to serve beneficiaries effectively.
Organizations that effectively adapt will be positioned well for the future; those who don't risk relevance as new models better serve beneficiaries and match donor interests.
Sure, the SSI program would benefit from minor tweaks to serve beneficiaries more appropriately, but it's not necessary to stage a massive overhaul in order to effect change, as these economists suggest.
"Oppose the complete restructuring and deep funding reductions to the Medicaid program in the bill — capping & cutting federal Medicaid funding, through both per capita caps and block grants, fundamentally undermines the health care safety net and our ability to serve beneficiaries.
Current regulations and incentives favor serving existing beneficiaries, and even helping non-beneficiaries obtain benefits.
