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364 days ago, @MelindaBBuntin appeared before the Senate HELP Committee to testify about health care spending in the US.
Today, the committee chaired by @SenAlexander is in markup of legislation to address those costs. WATCH: help.senate.gov/hearings/s-119…
Today, the committee chaired by @SenAlexander is in markup of legislation to address those costs. WATCH: help.senate.gov/hearings/s-119…
In the drafting stages last summer of the #LowerHealthCareCosts Act, @MelindaBBuntin discussed three areas that drive these costs where policymakers could focus. What are those three areas?
1. Seek innovative ways to make sure that drugs are affordable and appropriately utilized.
There is bipartisan consensus in Congress that we need to #LowerHealthCareCosts.
Health care and health insurance coverage are often conflated in both Congress and in media stories, so I want to be very clear that I am talking about the bipartisan consensus that health care itself is too expensive.
Health insurance has gotten a lot of attention recently – the president tweeted earlier this week, and I agree. High deductibles tied to high premiums make care inaccessible for too many Americans.
