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2012 President's Message

2012 President's Message

In "The Push for the Summit: Creating Health Care's New Terrain," we now set our sights on frontiers and summits yet to come.

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Bending the Cost Curve

October 12, 2009 | Commentary

This commentary identifies methods to slow the increase in health care costs in the United States. The current proposed expansion of health insurance will cost the country an estimated trillion dollars over 10 years. To make this expansion possible, increases in the cost of health care must be curbed.

Cost Shifting Does Not Reduce the Cost of Health Care

September 2, 2009 | Commentary

This commentary addresses the differences between cost shifting and cost cutting and identifies the reasons why health care in the United States is more expensive per capita than the health care of any other nation.

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