Prevention Efforts May Not Reduce Health Care Costs
There are ways to reduce expensive diseases, but they must be deployed strategically. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
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There are ways to reduce expensive diseases, but they must be deployed strategically. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
The problem with putting together a big proposal - like overhauling the nation's entire health care system - with lots of moving parts and many different interests to please, is that every time you satisfy one important constituency, you upset another.
The White House is fighting back against accusations that the health care overhaul bills moving through Congress would actually increase health spending rather than save money over the long haul.
Senators working to craft an overhaul bill have turned back several abortion-related amendments.
Some experts think incentives will encourage doctors to deliver quality care with fewer resources.
Everybody knew that a complete overhaul of the nation's health care system was going to be an expensive undertaking.
Sen. Edward Kennedy's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday becomes the first panel in Congress to formally start work on a bill to overhaul the nation's health system. But Kennedy, still undergoing treatment for brain cancer, won't be there in person to drop the gavel.
There's a brewing controversy over the effect a government-run "public" health insurance plan would have on private insurers. Critics say that 119 million people would lose private insurance if such a plan went into effect. But people who did the study say that's not the whole picture.
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