Forging a new path to real health care reform

As specific health care reform proposals begin to emerge, the predictable partisan critiques are appearing. This back-and-forth is a necessary part of the democratic process, but we must agree our system is broken and seize this opportunity for real reform.

Two major objectives need to be achieved. First, all Americans should have coverage for at least major health care expenditures. Second, we must bring down the rate of increase in health care ... Full Story »

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by Kaizar Campwala - Jun. 30, 2009

True cost containment will come from realigning incentives for physicians and hospitals. This can be done voluntarily by offering bundled payments to those providers willing to accept responsibility for hospital episodes or for managing chronic illness. The focus on voluntarism is not just a nod to conservatives to facilitate compromise – it rewards providers already doing a good job and encourages others to change. Those continuing their high-cost and low-value ways will have much less sway with the market than with a politically managed single-payer plan.

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