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Released: October 07, 2011
Panel says U.S. should weigh cost in deciding ‘essential health benefits’
Source: Robert Pear, NY Times (Free Registration)
The National Academy of Sciences said Thursday that the federal government should explicitly consider cost as a factor in deciding what health benefits must be provided by insurance plans under President Obama’s health care overhaul, and it said the cost of any new benefits should be “offset by savings” elsewhere in the health care system. Moreover, it said, in defining “essential health benefits,” the government should try to guarantee that the average premium would not exceed benchmarks that would be set by the secretary of health and human servicesRead Full Article: Panel says U.S. should weigh cost in deciding ‘essential health benefits’
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