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Health reform proposals recently introduced in Congress--such asthe Patients' Choice Act of 2009--seek to replace the currentincome tax exclusion with a fairer, flatter form of tax relief forall Americans regardless of job status.
Medicare reforms are needed to secure value for patients, enhance the program’s solvency, and reduce its burden on current and future taxpayers.
While the national health insurance exchange advocated by President Obama and congressional leaders is sometimes described as a nationwide pool of health insurance providers, its major functionwould be to provide a platform for a government-run public healthplan. The result would be a massive erosion of private healthinsurance and consolidation of federal control of the financing anddelivery of medical services.
A growing number of physicians believe that H.R. 3200 is likely tomake matters worse.
Medicare Part D has exceeded expectations with a stunning “bend in the cost curve” unique in the health sector of the economy.