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Publication Date: October 1989
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Robert E. Moffit; Edmund F. Haislmaier
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Health care
Type: Report
Abstract:
Congress should not be fooled into thinking that, by replacing one complex and bureaucratic physician payment system with another, it will solve the problem of Medicare cost escalation. Indeed, not only will the RVS/expenditure target proposal fail to achieve this goal, but it also is nearly certain, in the long run, to decrease the quality and availability of medical services for the elderly.