Recent articles have suggested capping health-care prices at a percentage above Medicare payment levels as a way to bring down health costs. But evidence suggests that, rather than reducing overall spending levels, Medicare's price caps don't effectively control health costs. The August blogpost proposing the idea, published on the Health Affairs site, suggested that "every patient and every insurance company" should have the option of paying 125% of what Medicare charges for a given service, as a way to rationalize reimbursement systems notorious for their lack of transparency. [Subscription Required]
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