A few months ago, I expressed a great deal of enthusiasm about the book Bring Market Prices to Medicare by Robert F. Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Bryan E. Dowd, published by AEI Press in late 2009. I still think it’s a terrific book, but I also see it’s approach to Medicare reform as a transitional step rather than a final destination. Either way, it was, at the time at least, a political non-starter. Now, however, I’m seeing at least a small handful of voices sing its praises. This could be a sign that Rep. Ryan’s proposal for Medicare as premium support is already having a constructive effect. Austin Frakt, who has long emphasized the importance of competitive bidding in setting the level of public support for Medicare benefits, writes about the Coulam, Feldman, and Dowd approach in this post.