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0 pointsgojomo16y ago0 comments

Can you provide a reference for this "cash benefits for doctors who reduce long-term costs" portion of the bill?

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blasdel16y ago· 1 in thread

I think this is one of the parts of the bill where the imperative and desired result is outlined clearly, but the mechanism to that end is left up to an independent commission to start implementing in the next several years.

I think it's a very smart move: lets them avoid 'Big Design up Front' and the associated bickering + reification.

gojomoOP16y ago

This seems based on the idea the future will be braver at making tough choices -- and saying no to popular overspending -- than the present is.

Is that the long-term political trend? More steely-eyed fiscal realism each year? Is our society today braver at telling organized lobbies (including suffering or fearful people), "no, that sounds nice but costs a lot more than the proven benefits", than it was a generation ago?

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