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Costs of expanding health care coverage partly offset by future Medicare savings

Boston, MA (Sep 29, 2009) -- Expanding health coverage might not cost as much as policymakers assume.

Study links electronic health records to improved quality in primary care treatment

Routine use of electronic health records may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care, according to a new study by RAND Corporation researchers.

Elderly Medicare beneficiaries give their coverage higher ratings than do those with ESI

Bethesda, MD -- Elderly Medicare beneficiaries are more satisfied with their health care, and experience fewer problems accessing and paying for care, than Americans with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI), according to a study by Commonwealth Fund researchers published today on the Health Affairs Web site.

Health reform strategy would insure everyone, improve health and slow spending growth: Report

A comprehensive set of insurance, payment, and system reforms could guarantee affordable health insurance coverage, improve health outcomes, and slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade, according to a new report released today by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.

Chronic conditions still bring high costs under new Medicare drug law

The new Medicare prescription drug law will provide much-needed help to many, especially beneficiaries with low incomes, but it's unclear whether most patients will benefit in the long run, a new report says. The drug benefits provided under the measure will not grow with beneficiaries' needs, and other program changes that could prove unworkable or place some beneficiaries at risk will create added costs, the report says. In the meantime, reliance on standalone private drug plans could saddle beneficiaries remaining in traditional Medicare with higher costs.

Costs of expanding health care coverage partly offset by future Medicare savings

Study links electronic health records to improved quality in primary care treatment

Elderly Medicare beneficiaries give their coverage higher ratings than do those with ESI

Health reform strategy would insure everyone, improve health and slow spending growth: Report

Chronic conditions still bring high costs under new Medicare drug law

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