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National Journal | Studies Show Medicare's Bundled-Payment Policy Not So Simple
"Bundling" payments for certain medical procedures into a lump sum should lower costs and improve care—or so the theory goes. But two studies published on Monday in the journal Health Affairs show that combining payments is easier said than done.
Econ Comments
Politico | Delay health law's implementation
Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in March 2010, most of its key provisions don’t start until January 2014. That is when “exchanges” are supposed to begin offering insurance policies with income-tested premium subsidies and substantially different insurance regulations.
