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HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt is calling for a new healthcare system in the U.S. modeled after the Medicare Part D drug benefit and based on competition and quality standards.
Domestic pharmaceutical sales in January were approximately 8 percent higher than in the same period a year earlier, but the growth rate has slowed in recent months, according to an IMS Health report.
Healthcare spending will continue to grow more quickly than the economy over the next decade as more Americans join government-provided healthcare programs, according to a report from economists at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Healthcare spending will continue to grow more quickly than the economy over the next decade as more Americans join government-provided healthcare programs, according to a report from economists at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Government healthcare programs must require more price transparency and better reporting to stop pharmaceutical companies from overcharging them for medications, according to experts and activists testifying at a recent House committee hearing.
President Bush’s proposed 2008 budget includes funding to increase certain functions of HHS, but some lawmakers criticized cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
President Bush’s proposed 2007 budget includes funding to increase certain functions of HHS, but some lawmakers criticized cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
Based on President Bush’s State of the Union address, the debate over how to improve the healthcare system comes down to the administration’s call for tax deductions and state grant programs versus Democrats’ plans to give the government the authority to negotiate Medicare prices.
In a development likely to fuel the argument that Medicare and Medicaid need major overhauls, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is predicting that these programs will grow by 124 percent over the next 10 years, outpacing economic growth two to one.