Proposal to help control health care costs:
This is bipartisan, so let's not make it political.
The idea is to let the states take the lead in controlling health costs. To curb the growth of health care, states would set their own spending targets. Then states would pocket their share of federal Medicare and Medicaid savings, which could be up to 1 billion or more.
This plan would be called "Accountable Care States", as described in a recent article, and would be voluntary.
How will the states control costs?
What would you do to control costs if you were in charge?
I would try to reduce demand by promoting self reliance through education.
Of course the powerful food industry would be against it so there's little chance of that happening.
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