To get a sense of the future of American health care, amidst the post-election uncertainty, watch what happens to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. This agency, created as part of the Affordable Care Act, has attracted substantial opposition. A recent proposal to change reimbursement to doctors for administering certain drugs, in particular, has led to calls that it be abolished. But let’s hope the center survives, because it could prove crucial to any new effort to raise the value of health care in the U.S.
From Bloomberg View – Articles by Peter R. Orszag
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