A Matter of Character: on Health Care

George W. Bush: Medicare bill uses market-based solutions to reduce costs

The Bush approach was to use elegantly simple market-based solutions to reduce costs. Under the old Medicare, there was no preventative care. Now when you are a senior and turn sixty-five, you will get a physical. Medicare can identify problems rather than waiting until you are seventy-five and they are more serious. And how could anyone be against giving the elderly prescription drugs that they did not have before?