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Medco CEO Unveils Pragmatic Blueprint for Health Care Reform; Reducing Costs by Upwards of $1 Trillion
Published in Elder Law Weekly, September 24th, 2008
In an address today at the National Press Club, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MHS) Chairman and CEO, David B. Snow Jr. unveiled a pragmatic blueprint for fixing America's inefficient health care system that, for the first time, is designed to address the root causes of the problem. Unifying the strengths of both the public and private sectors, Snow's plan is designed to reduce the nation's health care expenses by as much as $1 trillion - almost 50 percent of current expenditures - while extending affordable, high-quality care to more Americans.
Noting that the United States spends twice as much per capita on health care as most other developed nations - but...
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Source: Elder Law Weekly (2008-09-24)
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