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June 21, 2011
June 21, 2011 > Medicare's regional payment imbalance, doctors' role in reducing medical spending, mixed message on health savings accounts, and other news and commentary on controlling health care costs. read more »
February 9, 2011
February 9, 2011 > The Health Care Cost Monitor is back. This time we will expand the scope by taking on costs, deficits, and priorities. Health care costs, and particularly Medicare, are clearly part of the deficit debate. read more »
September 22, 2009
September 22, 2009 > The posts from May to September 8 were written while the debate over health care reform was getting under way and committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate were developing their bills. We have published these posts as a collection called Cost Control and Health Care Reform: Act 1.
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August 27, 2009
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August 27, 2009 > A single payer national health insurance system would make universal, comprehensive coverage affordable and sustainable by diverting hundreds of billions of dollars from bureaucracy to patient care and enabling rational health planning. Lesser reforms cannot realize such savings, according to Himmelstein and Woolhandler, leading proponents of a single payer approach. read more »
August 11, 2009
August 11, 2009 > Massachusetts has the lowest rate of uninsured residents in the country, has experienced an increase in private insurance through employer-sponsored plans, and has very favorable public support. But the program has been criticized for its high costs. Gruber, a board member of the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority, discussed the state’s cost control strategies. read more »
June 22, 2009
June 22, 2009 > Britain’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) assesses the relative health benefits of particular procedures. Creating incentives to invent new products that are cost effective will lead to better health and more cost containment, argues Culyer, chairman of NICE’s Research and Development Committee. read more »
June 3, 2009
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June 3, 2009 > A public plan choice would enable people without employer-based insurance coverage to enroll in an affordable public insurance plan. If the plan worked, it would allow good consumer choice and help control costs through competition among the public plan and private plans to deliver value, according to Hacker, a leading proponent of a public plan. read more »
May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009 > Everyone is well aware that Medicare is in trouble. But it is not clear that everyone realizes just how serious it is. read more »
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