Steve Forbes in Forbes Magazine


On Health Care: Allow opting out of Medicare via private doctors

A Court of Appeals ruled that the elderly can indeed be treated outside of Medicare for procedures the government deems "unreasonable"- that is, procedures that the Medicare bureaucracy believes medically unnecessary. For services covered by Medicare, alas, Congress' prohibition remains in place. Congress should repeal this poison pill and allow patients, if they so choose, to be treated outside of Medicare.
Source: Fact and Comment, Forbes Magazine Nov 15, 1999

On Homeland Security: Maintain production of F-22 fighters

Congress has canceled production of the proposed new F-22 fighter aircraft. The aircraft is light-years ahead of the current F-15 and F-16 in stealth capabilities, avionics and weapons systems. Critics carp that the plane is unneeded in a post-Cold War world and that we should, instead, only upgrade the F-15 and F-16. But foreign fighter planes are coming along that will match our current crop of fighters. Moreover, foreign countries are developing more sophisticated antiaircraft missiles.
Source: Fact and Comment, Forbes Magazine Nov 15, 1999

On Homeland Security: Problem is procurement process, not defense spending

As for the cost of the F-22, the same criticisms were made years ago when the F-15 and the F-18 were being developed. The problem of cost overruns lies not so much in the F-22 itself as in the entire government procurement and development process, an area that badly needs reform. But it would be shortsighted to shoot down the F-22 because of governmental operational deficiencies. Change the process, but don't sacrifice this new fighter.
Source: Fact and Comment, Forbes Magazine Nov 15, 1999

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