Health-Care Goal Should Be Quality, Not Quantity
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Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Independent Payment AdvisoryBoard is perhaps the most mischaracterized part of the health-care reform law -- which is saying something, given how manyfalse charges have been hurled at the Affordable Care Act. TheIPAB was designed to be a backstop to make sure the health-caresystem makes a transition from fee-for-service payments topayments based on value.
Because both sides of the political aisle agree that weneed to move away from fee-for-service, you would think the IPABwould enjoy support from Democrats and Republicans alike. Thatbipartisan appeal was reflected in the vaunted bipartisanBowles-Simpson budget commission report, which proposedstrengthening the board.