Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Associated Press: Health care issues: Insurance market overhaul

The Associated Press: Health care issues: Insurance market overhaul
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. Focusing solely on insurance reform also ignores the role of doctors and hospitals in containing costs. Because of their "fee for service" structure, health care providers have financial incentives to provide large quantities of medical care even if some of it is wasteful. So far, Democrats and the Obama administration have shown little interest in addressing this important aspect. ...

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