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What the history of Medicare Part D can tell us about Obamacare
How Americans will take to the Affordable Care Act over the long haul may be hard to predict, but mapping out its future course need not be entirely the product of guesswork. That’s because we have a model on which to base our predictions: Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit enacted just over 10 years ago. That’s the conclusion of an article in the latest New England Journal of Medicine by Julie M. Donohue, a health policy expert at the University of Pittsburgh. Her main message: gaining public acceptance for a major program takes time…Read More
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