Hatch Lays Out Five Medicare, Medicaid Structural Reforms He Thinks Could Gain Bipartisan Backing

Hatch Lays Out Five Medicare, Medicaid Structural Reforms He Thinks Could Gain Bipartisan Backing-insidehealthpolicy: Senate Finance ranking member Orrin Hatch (UT) Thursday morning outlined five structural reforms to Medicare and Medicaid that he says could gain bipartisan backing and should be included in a serious deficit reduction package. Hatch’s list includes transforming Medicare into a “per capita cap” system, raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67, changing Medicare into a premium support-type system where plans bid against traditional Medicare, combining Part A and B deductibles and reforming “Medigap” coverage -- all reforms which he says have gained bipartisan backing in the past.