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Financing Reform
Pages 45-50

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From page 45...
... Broad options for financing improved access for He uninsured and underinsured include: reducing expenditures on current heady programs and services, increasing the productivity of tile health care system, shifting resources from other areas of public spending, and increasing revenues from income, payroll, or over taxes or from individual insurance premium contributions. These options are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and a combination of Rem is likely to be necessary.
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From page 46...
... Given He great expansion in the share of national resources consumed by heals care spending, it is also both unwise and unrealistic to argue Rat the nation can continue to draw resources away from other social objectives to the same degree it has In the past. As a consequence, health care reform is likely to farther burden financing arrangements ~at, In tither current form, are often inequitable, inefficient, and poorly measured.
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From page 47...
... To aid assessments of reform proposals, the committee recommends that proposals for health care reform should Picky: Inscribe anticipated sources of financing (e.g., income taxes, payroll taxes, using taxes, or a Tax cap" on employer-pa~d health benefits that can be excluded from personal income talcs. The description should include estimates of revenues expected from each source (for multiple years)
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From page 48...
... Others may only improve the quality of care, thereby providing better value without actually reducing costs. In We next section we discuss infrastructure issues Mat should be covered by proposals for health care reform.
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From page 49...
... describe financing not only for health care services but also for basic elements of the health care infrastructure including public health, research, education, and capital investments. Projections of revenues and expenditures should be subjected to review and audit by independent, nongovernment sources.
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