Reform to Happen in 2010
Long-Term Care:
Initiate a process of establishing a voluntary insurance program that will expand and lower costs of community-based housing and living assistance for the elderly and disabled.
Medical Malpractice:
Initiate a five-year demonstration program to allow states to develop alternatives to current tort litigation methods.
Health Care Personnel:
Establish teaching centers to provide increased opportunities for residency training of health care providers.
Taxes:
— New taxes on pharmaceutical companies.
— Exclude certain over-the-counter products from HSA accounts.
— Tighten tax credits on HSA disbursements.
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