title: A few details still missing. President unfurls Medicare reform strategy to crowd of skeptics who fear fallout on provider payments and quality of care.
abstract: President Bush pushed his new Medicare reform plan to Congress last week, and Democrats quickly responded with an attack on the strategy, calling it the first move toward completely privatizing Medicare. President Bush was introduced by Yank Coble Jr., photo at left, head of the American Medical Association, at whose national conference Bush offered details of his controversial proposal.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tieman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011057:Politics; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics; D011332:Privatization; D014481:United States