Improvements Sought For Health Insurance Law by Kelly Kennedy. USA Today. November 10 2012.
Since President Obama's health care law is to remain on the books, opponents and supports of the bill are focusing on areas of needed improvement. A variety of experts are focused on the issue of costs. There is wide agreement that cost and improvement of care must be addressed together. Coordinated care is key, while merely cutting payments to providers is seen as limited in possible impact. Prevention must be emphasized or cost control mechanisms such as the Independent Payment Advisory Board and limits on premiums will not work. The system must give incentives to health care professionals for keeping people healthy, streamline processes, and eliminating unnecessary tests by improving coordination.
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