This is a PDF version of President Obama’s new federal budget plan for FY2010, as published by the Office of Management and Budget, Feb. 26, 2009. Of special interest to healthcare providers: see p. 127, Table S-6. This table outlines how the federal government plans to change payments to the health care industry, thereby securing […]
Wall Street Journal – Feb. 27, 2009. Most U.S. doctors still use paper records, but the federal stimulus bill aims to change that by introducing big incentives for docs to buy and use electronic medical records. Click title to read more… The WSJ’s Andy Jordan is taking a road trip to look at how the […]
This is a PDF Transcript of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director of CBO, on Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs. Here are some sobering thoughts on efforts to cut health costs. Not only are health-care costs growing, but a lot of the ideas out there to cut them may not result in savings […]
Health care costs will continue to grow and most ideas to cut them may not result in savings for the federal government withing a decade, according to Senate Testimony given by Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf on Wednesday, February 25. Find his testimony here. Click title to read more… Mr. Elmendorf provided a […]