Focused on California, but I'm sure it is generally applicable. Interesting perspective. As with most "landmark" legislation, I suspect the biggest impact will NOT be from those areas everyone has been arguing/worrying about...
-- Ernie P. Begin forwarded message: > Federal Healthcare Reform: The California Connection > > Sacramento, CA - The New America Foundation's California Program issued the > following statements today following the signing by President Barack Obama of > a comprehensive and historic healthcare reform bill: > > Leif Wellington Haase, Director of New America's California Program stated, > "There is a great deal of heavy lifting ahead to make this work in the > states. One of the most challenging tasks will be building the new > state-based insurance exchanges while preserving employer-based coverage." > > Mr. Haase also stated that "the bill is more ambitious on cost control than > it has been given credit for. Some of its most important features - such as > an independent Medicare advisory board and tests of bundled payments and > accountable care organizations - point the health care delivery system in a > new direction. If the health care industry and private payers believe these > innovations are here to stay, they will make changes to their business models > that will bring down costs." > > Dr. Micah Weinberg, Senior Research Fellow in the California Program explains > that "there are important provisions that go into effect quickly that many > people don't know about that may help control healthcare costs and improve > medical quality in California. On the other hand, federal legislation embeds > a series of potential landmines that will have to be carefully defused." > > This past year, Mr. Haase and Dr. Weinberg ran the California Task Force on > Affordable Care, a group of California healthcare leaders in pursuit of one > major goal: finding concrete ways to vastly improve the value the state of > California gets for its healthcare spending. > > More information on this effort can be found at: > http://healthca.newamerica.net/california_task_force_on_affordable_care > > More information on California's health policy program can be found at > http://healthca.newamerica.net/home > > For media inquiries please contact Elizabeth Wu at 505-295-9859 or > [email protected] > > About the New America Foundation > The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy > institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next > generation of challenges facing the United States. www.newamerica.net > > ### > Forward email > > This email was sent to [email protected] by > [email protected]. > Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | > Privacy Policy. > Email Marketing by > > New America Foundation | California Program | 921 11th Street | Suite 901 | > Sacramento | CA | 95814 > _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
