Senate Finance Committee Healthcare Policy Options
The Senate Finance Committee is one of 5 committees (3 in House, 2 in Senate) reviewing healthcare legislation. As of today, it appears there will be no vote in the Senate on healthcare, but that the Finance Committee will have legislation drafted and edited (“marked up”).
In the spring, the Finance Committee put out 3 whitepapers which extensively reviewed the possibilities and policy options for reform. Attached to this memo is a letter from NPN which addressed selected policy options and took positions where appropriate.
The Senate whitepapers outlined a set of guidelines for healthcare reform including the following: establishment of a hospital value-based program, a physicians’ quality reporting initiative, establishing inpatient rehab and long term acute care hospital reporting, and creating primary care and general surgery incentives.
- Report 1: Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs. Read the report here.
- Report 2: Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans. Read the report here.
- Report 3: Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options. Read the report here.
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