Will the cost of health care become higher if reform fails?
Study: Cost higher if health reform fails,study says By TODD ACKERMAN Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Sept. 29, 2009, 10:46PM A week after a Texas agency reported health care reform legislation would cost the state’s Medicaid program an extra $20 billion over the next 10 years, a non-partisan foundation says inaction will exact a greater price. In a study being issued today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that by 2019, Texas’ ranks of uninsured, public program spending and individual and employee health care expenses will balloon if reform isn’t passed. “People worry about losing what they have now, but they need to remember that what they have now is likely to change,” said Bowen Garrett, a senior researcher with the Urban Institute’s health policy center, which conducted the study for the foundation. “Many who have employee-sponsored insurance will lose it as health care costs go up, and those fortunate enough to keep their plans will pay higher out-of-pocket costs or e
A week after a Texas agency reported health care reform legislation would cost the state’s Medicaid program an extra $20 billion over the next 10 years, a non-partisan foundation says inaction will exact a greater price. In a study being issued today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that by 2019, Texas’ ranks of uninsured, public program spending and individual and employee health care expenses will balloon if reform isn’t passed. “People worry about losing what they have now, but they need to remember that what they have now is likely to change,” said Bowen Garrett, a senior researcher with the Urban Institute’s health policy center, which conducted the study for the foundation. “Many who have employee-sponsored insurance will lose it as health care costs go up, and those fortunate enough to keep their plans will pay higher out-of-pocket costs or earn smaller wages as employers decide whether to cut on wages or benefits.” Looking to 2019 The study, which estimates how cove
A week after a Texas agency reported health care reform legislation would cost the state’s Medicaid program an extra $20 billion over the next 10 years, a non-partisan foundation says inaction will exact a greater price. In a study being issued today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that by 2019, Texas’ ranks of uninsured, public program spending and individual and employee health care expenses will balloon if reform isn’t passed.
