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National Journal | How Much Does Healthcare Cost? Harvard Professors Offer Formula
Bringing down the cost of health care is a popular talking point for politicians and federal policy wonks alike. But two professors at Harvard Business School have a surprising discovery: No one really knows how much health care costs in the first place.
Politico | Health care law will deepen deficit
According to a recent report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Premiums are set to increase for most Americans, and government actuaries now estimate the growth in the net cost of health insurance will increase by 14 percent — compared to 3.5 percent if Obamacare never passed.
National Journal | CMS Gives Out Timeline on Medicare Equipment Bidding
Federal officials laid out a timeline on Friday for getting large parts of the country to compete over Medicare wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, and other large pieces of medical equipment by 2013, saying it would save the federal government $28 billion in the process.
