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Looking Ahead

Looking ahead, there are additional steps policymakers could consider as they seek to reduce the rate of growth of health care spending. Some involve drilling down into particular areas of high cost growth. Others might require major changes in law that would create winners and losers and greatly alter the health care economy.

John Holahan and Alshadye Yemane examine Medicaid and conclude that the program’s spending growth has largely been driven by rising enrollment. That could increase even more as the U.S. recession pushes more people into the ranks of the unemployed and uninsured, or as Congress acts to expand . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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