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D Durenberger

Publications and source records attributed to D Durenberger.

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PubMed1985

The proper role of government.

The goal of the health care system is to promote a minimal level of quality health care which is accessible to all Americans. This goal requires input from business and industry as well as from the government. Regulation and subsidies alone have already proven inefficient at controlling the problem. Both sides must stop blaming each other and unite to solve this health care dilemma.

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Medical technology meets managed competition.

Medical technology is an integral part of health care, not an expensive add-on or afterthought. Therefore, technology policy must be consistent with the approach to health care reform. Our present market has failed to generate adequate information on new technologies and perverse economic incentives have led to overutilization. In managed competition, health plans, not government, are best suited to make most technology decisions. The federal government can provide a safety valve for specific coverage decisions and can facilitate the acquisition, evaluation, and dissemination of information on new technologies.

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Taking the first step toward system reform.

Small companies and individual Americans have an extraordinarily difficult time finding health insurance they can afford. And, even when they do, annual premium increases quickly force them to shop for a new policy. Reforms of the small market insurance field should include requiring insurers to sell a policy to anyone who wants to buy one; requiring insurers, after six months, to cover all costs incurred because of preexisting medical conditions; and regulating annual premium increases. Two standard "MEDPLANS" would be offered at prices ranging from $75 to $100 a month.

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