Quantum Windbag
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Its odd that Republicans are so bent on repealing a bill that cuts trillions in wasteful spending, expanded health care access to 35millionm people, saves 35,000 lives a year, makes people healthier, and bans fraudulent/unfair insurance practices such as dropping your coverage when you get sick
Cuts trillions in wasted spending? Seriously?
Ezra Klein - The five most promising cost controls in the health-care bill
^ways ACA reduces costs
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Invests in community health centers
Invests in computerized health care records, and other new technology.
Reduces drug patents by 2 years.
Requires health insurance companies to spend more money on benefits and less on profits and administration fees.
Invests in comparative effectiveness research.
Creates a completive insurance market for those without employer based health care.
Switches to a payment system that is bundled, and based on the quality of care received instead of the amount of care.
Puts a Pigovian tax on tanning booths
Requires food companies to put accurate and seeable food labels.
Administration simplification such as electronic funds transfers, and elgibitiy simplification
Of which the savings are in the trillions.
Which of those save money?