Cost Containment

The ABCs of Getting Health Reform Right

Judith S. Palfrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Berwick, Coverage, Benefits, Access, American Academy of Pediatrics, Prevention, Children, Affordable Care Act, Health Reform, Cost Containment, Health Reform Implementation, Politics News
Judith S. Palfrey

Some naysayers in Congress are attacking the Prevention Fund proposed in Obama's Affordable Care Act, labeling it a 'slush fund.' They are completely missing the point.

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Cutting Home-Based Care Defies Fiscal and Political Logic

Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Economy, 2010 Election, Affordable Care Act, Jobs, Medicare, Cms, Congress, Chronic Disease Prevention, Home Health Care, Cost Containment, Home News
Kenneth Thorpe

As policymakers prepare to shift to a post-election mindset, nowhere is there a better opportunity to drive down costs, create jobs and ensure the well being of millions of Americans.

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A System I Can Live With

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Payer, Sustainable Health Care, Canada, Medicine, Health Care, Social Democracy, Cost Containment, Truthfulness, Politics News
Paula Gordon

We've spent a good bit of time in Canada as America debates the future of our failed health care faux-system. So many Big Business types and their ha...

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Containing Costs Key to Health Reform Success

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicaid, New York State, Health Care, Cost Containment, New York Budget, Medicare, New York News
James R. Knickman

Can we actually afford health care reform? New York is the highest Medicaid spender per capita in the nation as well as the state with the highest total Medicaid spending.

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Sam Stein

Blue Dog Boren Defends Private Insurers Against Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boren Oklahoma, Public Plan Boren, Public Plan, Dan Boren, Blue Dog Boren, Obama Public Plan, Boren Private Insurers, Cost Containment, Politics News

One of the most recalcitrant Democrats in the health care debate said on Wednesday that his skepticism about a public health insurance option was driv...

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