Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care Proceedings of an Invitational Conference (1990) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
8 The Legislative Perspective
8 The Legislative Perspective
Pages 44-48
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 44... ...
Bipartisan Committee on Comprehensive Health Care] are charged with developing a public consensus on long-term care.
|
From page 45... ...
Health care costs are rising 14 to 15 percent annually. By 2003, Medicare costs will be larger than Social Security costs.
|
From page 46... ...
Some of us even hope that the dual efforts of controlling health care costs and improving quality are complementary. In the Senate, George Mitchell, who is not an inconsequential figure as Majority Leader, introduced a companion bill to the legislation authored by Willis Gradison on the question of federal financing of a national research effort on medical outcomes and effectiveness.
|
From page 47... ...
A nation that spends over half a trillion dollars for health care can afford to spend-in fact, certainly cannot afford not to spend $35 million to begin learning what works. Not only must your case be made to the public and to the Hill on the need for this research, you must be persistent in your advice on the nature of the research.
|
From page 48... ...
People now are really onto the cost of health care, are really scared about the annual increase in the cost of that health care, and really do understand that there are very few people in Congress who understand health care. We need you scientists; more importantly, we know that we need you and what you are doing.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.