New York Times, Op-Ed

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Now Comes the Hard Part

By JONATHAN COHN, Published: March 25, 2010

HEALTH care reform, the most ambitious domestic policy initiative of our time, is now law. And already there is talk of how to make it even better. Some want to improve the subsidies and financial protections, so that people aren’t as exposed to high medical bills. Others would like to add some sort of public option, whether it’s a new stand-alone government-run plan or expanded access to Medicare.

Those are good ideas. But making the most out of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will also depend on something a little less exciting: putting the existing plan into action. The challenges ahead fall into four categories.

DELIVERING THE DELIVERABLES
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EDUCATING THE PUBLIC
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HANDLING THE INSURERS
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BENDING THE CURVE
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Full article @ The New York Times

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Good informative article.   The education challenge in this is huge and so is that of creating the structure of Health Insurance Exchanges and even more importantly implementation challenges of "Quality of Care" concepts.

-- Edited by Sanders on Friday 26th of March 2010 06:25:19 PM