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Matthew DoBias

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PubMed2006

Lifting the lid off of pricing. With HHS moving to post what it pays for common procedures, the debate over healthcare pricing transparency is heating up.

Healthcare pricing was the focus of discussion in Washington last week, with HHS announcing agencies will be posting the prices paid for common procedures, and industry experts testifying at a hearing on the topic. The debate among lawmakers tends to mask the complexity of shifting healthcare costs, says Paul Ginsburg, left.

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PubMed2006

Mixed signals. The CMS' 10-year spending projections inspire both hope and skepticism, and leave plenty of room for lobbyists.

The eye of the beholder matters just as much when assessing healthcare spending projections as when judging beauty. Last week, there was something for whatever your taste might be when the CMS released its 10-year healthcare spending projections and an estimated dollar 4 trillion price tag. "I think there are ways of taking out cost without compromising care," says Herbert Pardes of New York-Presbyterian.

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PubMed2006

Easy on the health care. Healthcare leaders and others were expecting to hear more from President Bush on the nation's healthcare concerns.

Many healthcare industry leaders said they were disappointed that healthcare seemed a mere footnote in President Bush's State of the Union speech. Others, like David Merritt, left, policy director of the Center for Health Transformation, said they felt that Bush appropriately addressed key healthcare issues such as HSAs and electronic medical records.

Delivery of Health Care↗