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Original air date: June 15, 2019
BY: Dr. Elaina George, Host & Contributing Health Editor
PUBLISHED: June 15, 2019
Can Medicare be Fixed?
Mr. Charles Blahous, Senior Research Strategist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University a specialist in domestic economic policy and retirement security (with an emphasis on Social Security), as well as federal fiscal policy, entitlements, and health care programs joins me to discuss the unsustainable costs for a national single-payer healthcare system (aka Medicare for all).
About Mr. Charles Blahous
Charles Blahous is the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair and Senior Research Strategist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Blahous specializes in domestic economic policy and retirement security (with an emphasis on Social Security), as well as federal fiscal policy, entitlements, and health care programs. Blahous’s media appearances range from The Diane Rehm Show and Fox News to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. He was named to SmartMoney’s “Power 30” list in 2005 and has written for the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Politico, National Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, National Affairs, Journal of Chemical Physics, and Baseball Research Journal, among others.
