Unfortunately, the language introduced by Senator Kohl regarding the Healthcare Value Leaders Network(HCVLN) did not survive the final senate bill. It's unclear how the ballooning costs of healthcare are going to be managed if providers like those in the HCVLN aren't studied and lessons learned not passed to the rest of the industry. At some point government officials are going to have to engage a few people who actually have experience at reducing costs and improving quality. In any event,the house and senate will begin reconciling the two radically different bills they passed in January. We will wait to see if anyone wakes up to the fact that trajectories of 6-8 % increases per year in medicare have not been factored into the CBO's estimates of the price tag of this legislation.

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