Debbie S. Wang, Morningstar Stock Strategist, July 11, 2008
Health care reform will be tough to design and to implement. The recent debate over Medicarereimbursement to physicians is more evidence of that.
The cuts in question were based on a sustainable growth rate formula used to determine those reimbursements. Changing that formula to reverse the cuts means pulling funding from other sources. And that, Debbie S. Wang points out, is a consideration for health care reform in general. Who are the stakeholders across health care, really? How will any reforms impact them, and how will they respond?
Former Secretary of State George Shultz discusses his new book, "Putting Our House in Order: A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform." From the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC.