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Consumer Watchdog
Lesson From the States: Lack of Cost Controls Derailed California Health Reform, Led to Budget Overruns and Unaffordable Policies in Massachusetts
May 16th, 2009
Health care reform failed in California last year, and Massachusetts faces budget overruns and out-of-pocket cost increases for patients under its health care law, because cost control was not part of state reform proposals, said Consumer Watchdog today in advance of a U.S. Senate Committee hearing on how state efforts should inform the national debate. "Real reform is not about who pays for health care, but how much insurance companies, drug manufacturers, hospitals and doctors are allowed to charge," said Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog. "Unlike states, the federal government has the ability to offer a true public plan to compete with and drive down the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-16)
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