Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Health care spending

  • Pelosi Assures That ACA Will Cut Deficit • Healthcare Spending Is Out Of Control It appears that the purpose of our health care system -- its raison detre -- is to avoid spending money.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • It happened because government gradually took over much of the health care sector. In 1960 less than 5% of health care spending in the U.S. came from government; today more than 50% of it does so.
  • (Forbes)
  • Until now, the health care system has rewarded doctors for volume. Now the focus is shifting to paying for results and coordination. That explains the urgency for doctors themselves to identify areas of questionable spending.
  • (Denver Post)
  • The health care law is complicated, but after reading the dueling opinions in the March 24 paper, I am certainly for it. Dr.
  • (PennLive.com)
  • defending his health-care reform law for the second day in a row against the prospect it will be struck down by the Supreme Court, said Tuesday he had "enormous confidence" the law was constitutional.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • President Barack Obama expressed confidence again Tuesday that the Supreme Court will uphold his health care law and said that his administration isn't doing much to prepare for the what-if scenario of the law being overturned.
  • (Politico.com)
  • A 2005 National Academy of Sciences report found that 30 percent of U.S. health-care spending was unnecessary or wasteful; more recent studies arrive at similar figures.
  • (Washington Post)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he is confident the Supreme Court will uphold his health care overhaul. He says his administration is not spending a whole lot of time planning for contingencies in the event that the law is struck down.
  • (msnbc.com)

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