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Obama Releases Some Details of Health Care Plan

By Jeralyn

President Obama has released some details of his proposed health care plan. While providing health insurance for all (with a hardship waiver for those that can't afford it, he's also proposing major cuts to Medicare and Medicaid:

[H]e'd like to squeeze an additional $200 billion to $300 billion over 10 years from the Medicare and Medicaid government insurance programs for the elderly, disabled and poor.

He said he'd do it through such measures as better managing chronic diseases and avoiding unnecessary tests and hospital readmissions. Savings from such measures are uncertain.

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Obama also said this week he's not closing the door on taxing health care benefits. The latest details are contained in a letter to Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairs of the two committees drafting health care bills.

[The letter]amounted to a road map to keep Congress aligned with his goals.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).