Innovation
Healthcare Innovation Zones will help speed implementation of healthcare payment and delivery reforms.
From Rx for Reform
The National Coalition on Health Care's recommendations, based upon the consensus view of 85 member organizations, to make the system less complex, reduce overly high prices, and create a truly competitive health care marketplace. The goal of the paper is to augment the NCHC Principles and Specifications with a more detailed and selective set of policy recommendations on cost containment and quality improvement.
From Facts & Research
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in a preliminary cost estimate released today, the revised Health Care Reform bill -- H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010 -- would cost $940 billion over 10 years and cut the federal deficit over the next two decades. If enacted it will reduce the deficit by about $130 billion in the first 10 years and by $1.2 trillion over the second 10 years. Reform also will expand coverage to 95 percent of Americans, according to the CBO figures. To read the full CBO report, click here.
The House Rules Committee posted the text of the final health reform bill, H.R. 4872 – the Reconciliation Act of 2010 – along with a section-by-section breakdown of the bill. To read the bill, click here.
In released excerpts of his speech later today, President Obama reiterates the need for Congress to complete their work on health reform legislation, which he looks forward to signing into law. The President highlights the contributions of both Democrats and Republicans, as well as the symbolic nature of passing health care reform. He says, “At stake right now is not just our ability to solve this problem, but our ability to solve any problem.” To read the full set of excerpts, click here.
Of patients who were given a prescription following a free drug sample, 89% were prescribed the same medication.
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