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Janice Schakowsky: “Exactly. The real benefit of the Affordable Care Act and it's effect on Medicare and everything else is that we are…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2012
Exactly. The real benefit of the Affordable Care Act and it's effect on Medicare and everything else is that we are making this system more efficient. The health care system in the United States of America is very inefficient. We are going to be rewarding outcomes, we are going to be rewarding value and good performance, rather than just getting-- you know, a doctor sends a bill or the hospital sends a bill, Medicare sends off a check. We are going to be rewarding efficiency and good practices now in the health care system. I think that that is what everybody wants. You want better results for a lower cost. That's what we are getting.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 11, 2012

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