Karen Davis
Karen Davis
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We know from a lot of studies if you have health insurance you're more likely to get preventive care, detect conditions early on and you're more likely to have chronic conditions like diabetes or hypertension controlled effectively,
We know, and we've often been told, that you don't like a big show. Well, now you've got it.
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We don't have in this report how much that would go down. It's obviously not going to go to zero because we will always have people with cancer and stroke.
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We don't have in this report how much that would go down, ... It's obviously not going to go to zero because we will always have people with cancer and stroke .
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Your family at the bus barn will miss you. There will be a big void there without you on bus number 20.
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I want to thank the police and fire. They did a great job.
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Physician incomes have come down in the past year. Hospital incomes are down.
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That adds another $27 billion to the price tag.
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That added up to an economic cost of about $48 billion a year,
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Higher spending doesn't mean we receive more or better care. We simply pay more.
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High-deductible health plans, with or without health savings accounts, are being designed to try and control health care costs from the demand side, and they are really quite controversial at this point.
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In the near future, our nation faces the daunting challenge of meeting the needs of growing numbers of older Americans ? including baby boomers nearing retirement age ? for nursing home, home health, and assisted living care. Healthcare leaders support strategies to spread these costs widely, rather than place the entire burden on individuals or families.
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These findings provide evidence that high-deductible and consumer-driven plans may undermine the two basic purposes of health insurance: to reduce financial barriers to needed care and protect against high out-of-pocket cost burdens for patients.
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The Medicare drug benefit is a potentially important benefit for many of our most vulnerable Americans, particularly patients with low incomes, who are in poor health. It will be important to monitor whether low-income nursing home residents qualify for premium and cost-sharing subsidies.