More pressure from Congress to cap health care spending

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Proposed reforms designed to curb health care costs fall into two broad camps: market-oriented reforms that promote competition and cost-consciousness; and reforms that increase government control and involve price-setting. Democrats tend to support plans that extend Medicaid rates to all payers, or set global health care spending caps. President Bush, the AMA and Republicans tend to support plans that foster competition by streamlining health care administration and subsidizing the purchase of health insurance with tax credits and deductions.

Author: McIlrath, Sharon
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 1992
Analysis, American Medical Association, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Democratic Party (United States), Medical policy, Health policy

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Congress sends Medicare fixes to the White House

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George Bush is expected to veto HR 11, a bill in which about 50 Medicare amendments are included in a $27 billion urban aid package. The Medicare provisions include repeal of a law banning payment for interpreting electrocardiograms and lower payments to physicians during their first four years in the Medicare program. Major health groups favoring passage of the law include the AMA, the American Hospital Assn and the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Assn.

Author: McIlrath, Sharon
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 1992
Medicare

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Subjects list: Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, Bush, George H.W.
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