Frist Predicts Congress Will Approve a $1 Trillion Health Care Bill That Won't "Bend The Cost Curve"

KHN’s Eric Pianin talks with former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., about his new book, “A Heart to Serve, The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.”

Frist offers his views on the health care debate on Capitol Hill. The former heart transplant surgeon and businessman predicts that Congress will ultimately approve a $1 trillion health care reform plan that will expand insurance coverage to millions but do very little to “bend the cost curve” of the health care industry. Frist, a member of the Kaiser Family Foundation board, also discusses the influence of his father on his career.

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<h1>Frist Predicts Congress Will Approve a $1 Trillion Health Care Bill That Won’t “Bend The Cost Curve”</h1>
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			October 1, 2009		</time>
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<p>KHN’s Eric Pianin talks with former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., about his new book, “A Heart to Serve, The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.” </p><p>Frist offers his views on the health care debate on Capitol Hill. The former heart transplant surgeon and businessman predicts that Congress will ultimately approve a $1 trillion health care reform plan that will expand insurance coverage to millions but do very little to “bend the cost curve” of the health care industry. Frist, a member of the <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> board, also discusses the influence of his father on his career.</p><p>      <strong>        <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2009/10/100109_khn_checking_frist_audio.mp3">Podcast</a> (mp3)</strong>    </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Frist%20Predicts%20Congress%20Will%20Approve%20a%20%241%20Trillion%20Health%20Care%20Bill%20That%20Won%27t%20%22Bend%20The%20Cost%20Curve%22&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F100109checkinginwithfrist%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9993&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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