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Senior citizen advocacy groups are preparing for the release of the Clinton administration's reform plan. And policymakers are expected to listen when they speak up.
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Many reformers say reform must extend to Medicare to control rising costs. But getting Medicare patients to embrace managed care, and melding disparate payment methods during the transition, will pose major challenges.
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A major goal of managed competition--changing incentives to encourage better delivery--will rely heavily on capitated payment, experts agree. But can capitation be applied correctly under managed competition? Achieving savings without suffocating healthy competition will be a challenge, say observers.
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State government leaders are encouraged by President Clinton's promise to streamline the Medicaid waiver process. But how much and what kind of new activity will result depends on how far he goes in loosening current standards.
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The Clinton administration last month indicated that it will be sympathetic to how states will fare under federal limits on disproportionate-share hospital payments and provider taxes. But while states and providers knew what was in store for them under a federal statute, many say that the Health Care Financing Administration's initial interpretation goes too far and would sabotage funding systems they designed around the law.
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