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America's Health Insurance Plans
AHIP Outlines Plan to Reduce Health Care Costs by $145 Billion
June 14th, 2008
The U.S. could reduce total health care spending and improve the quality of patient care if the plan proposed today by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) was implemented. PricewaterhouseCoopers reviewed AHIP's proposals and estimates and concluded that if these proposals are fully implemented, the nation's total health care expenditures could be $145 billion lower than currently projected by the year 2015. "Based on our analysis, these initiatives, if implemented broadly, can yield significant savings," said Jack Rodgers, Director of Health Policy Economics, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The rising cost of medical services has a clear impact on...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-14)
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