Monday, April 22, 2013

Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Health Care Cost Containment Plan

California Healthline
On Thursday, the Bipartisan Policy Center released a health care cost containment plan that would reduce the federal deficit by about $560 billion over the next decade, including about $300 billion in Medicare savings, Kaiser Health News' "Capsules," reports. The report was compiled by former Democratic and Republican congressional lawmakers and health care experts, including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), former Congressional Budget Office Director Alice Rivlin and MIT economist Jonathan Gruber.