Senate Finance Committee releases three options papers for health reform
The Senate Finance Committee has released three papers summarizing possible options for health system reform, coverage reform and financing reform. Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said,“Health care reform must preserve the things Americans like about our health care system, but it must also begin to slow the rapid increases in health care costs that take up more and more of the budget for American families and businesses.” The papers, which summarize a large variety of potential reform mechanisms, are part of Chairman Baucus' and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) health reform effort. Health reform legislation will be developedby both the Senate Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor andPensions (HELP) Committee in the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee in the House. NRHA will continue to work with congressional staff to ensure that rural concerns are addressed in health care reform.
To read "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs," click here.
To read "Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans," click here.
To read "Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options," click here.
