Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, writes in praise of value-based design in an op-ed in today’s Houston Chronicle:
While many in the private sector have moved to adopt these strategies, the federal government lags behind. That is why I am introducing legislation, along with Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., to create a demonstration project to test whether lowering copayments in Medicare can improve health and save money for both seniors and taxpayers. Eventually, if proven, we hope this solution will be broadly implemented for all Medicare beneficiaries. Leaders from across the political and business spectrum, from Newt Gingrich to the National Business Coalition on Health, support this concept.
Kudos to Sens. Hutchison and Stabenow for a bipartisan effort to help save taxpayers money while improving the health of federal workers! Watch this site — we’ll be following the progress of this legislation and, if it is approved, the demonstration project.
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