Issues to Consider in Examining Cost, Access, and Quality Challenges
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Issues to Consider in Examining Cost, Access, and Quality Challenges
Potential Areas of Inquiry:
How can the federal government best leverage its purchasing power for health care products and services?
How can increased costs attributable to the recent Medicare prescription drug bill be controlled? For example, in addition to modified cost-sharing options and leveraging the government's purchasing power, should reimportation of selected drugs be allowed from certain countries?