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Article: Actuaries: Health Care Reform Must Address Costs.
- Article from:
- Managed Care Weekly
- Article date:
- August 3, 2009
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The American Academy of Actuaries is calling on all health care reform stakeholders to revisit cost issues considering recent reports that have questioned the sustainability of new legislation (see also Health Insurance).
"Especially given the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) most recent estimates, all stakeholders must engage in a new dialogue to establish mutual understanding as to what will lead to real and quantifiable health cost savings," said Al Bingham, Jr., the American Academy of Actuaries vice president for health issues.
Bingham said the actuaries believe that a new dialogue, and subsequent legislation, must strive for a cost-savings ...