KHN column: Don't rationalize busting the budget -- start over

In this Kaiser Health News column,  Robert Laszewski writes about concerns that the reform measures being considered on Capitol Health do not slow the growth of health care costs. "You would be hard pressed to find any health policy expert who isn't disappointed that cost containment has fallen off the health care 'reform' express. In fact, it's more commonplace to hear the term 'budget-buster' when these bills are discussed," Laszewski says. ". . . The primary objective for health care reform always should have been more value for lower cost. It still should. . . . So, what do you say we ditch the latest rationalization for passing a budget-busting health care bill and start over" (11/25). Read entire column.

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This article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.