I think that whole question requires a fairly thorough review of where we've been.
I don't think they get past the laugh test, frankly.
If something is going to change, we in Congress have to change it. We need to do it now and we need to do it in a way that sticks.
Those of us who have been watching this thing for a while have seen this number move.
Now the model is Thelma and Louise, and we are all in the car, and the cliff is right in front of us.
if we do not get this solved through technology, through systems reform, through better quality care, through a more rational payment system...
We are on a very bad glide slope for health care in this country with a $30-plus trillion liability just for Federal health care benefits th...
I could not agree with you more about that.
The success of that Chronic Care Model is completely dependent upon payment reform.
One of the things that I come across pretty frequently...is that when people have chronic or multiple illnesses...their appetite for electro...
it is going to be a nightmare.