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January 31, 2013

A Wish List For Medicare

If you could make one change to Medicare, what would it be? Ask three former directors of the program and you’ll get plenty of ideas.

Bruce Vladeck, who was head of what was then known as the Health Care Financing Administration, or HCFA, for former President Bill Clinton, wants more market-based competition and less pricing set by Congress.

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Source: Kaiser Health News

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