MDRP Spotlight Video: Governor Howard Dean on America’s Healthcare Reform

As we count down the hours until the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of healthcare reform, let’s take a look back at Howard Dean’s talk on Healthcare Reform at the 2011 Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Summit.

He looks at the current state (pre-Supreme Court decision) of heatlhcare, looking at Mitt Romney's Massachusetts plan, shares why the reform isn't really reform as it's still currently working with today's system.  He shares that the major cost of the way we run healthcare is in fact the way healthcare is provided itself.  The system is built around receiving money from payors, there is no incentive in the system to provide preventative care or to save money.






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Key changes needed for Medicare reform

According to a new article at Reuters, they believe the first steps in reforming healthcare have begun. Pharma Research and Manufacturers of America have agreed to cost savings measures as well as hospitals accepting Medicare cuts. The article then goes on to look at two other things that would be critical to Medicare reform: linking doctors pays to improving patients health and boosing the payments for primary care. Read the full article here.

Medicare changes urged

The outgoing Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt believes Obama and his administration should do something to fix Medicare, as it could become a problem that could kill the US economy. He believes it is currently an unsustainable economic problem. For more on the story, read this article at Reuters.