Paying for Medicare: The Politics of Reform

Paying for Medicare: The Politics of Reform
ISBN-10
1351500449
ISBN-13
9781351500449
Category
Medical
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
2017-09-29
Publisher
Routledge
Author
David G. Smith

Description

** Paying for Medicare received the American Risk and Insurance Association's Elizur Wright Award for itsoutstanding contribution to risk management and insurance literature.The Prospective Payment System and the Medicare Fee Schedule, two of the most effectively sustained and successful efforts at policy innovation in history continue to shape decisions about Medicare and cost containment efforts.Smith shows how particular policy alternatives were developed; why chosen or rejected; and how provider interests and American political institutions have shaped their design and implementation.

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