President barack Obama and republican to seek common ground, through expanding the welfare reform debate, including rising medical costs facing a wide range of American medical insurance spending the loom.
In a recent public speech, President bush has determined the American health care system day price tag - so far in the world's highest - medical insurance reform impetus.
The government predicts 2011 national health spending on Monday said, should further emphasize known as the trend to release a report. In 2010, the medical and health spending wandering in the us gross domestic product (GDP) of nearly 18%.
Medical experts, including former Obama's advisers say the White House seems to be considered popular health insurance plan, medical insurance, the elderly and disabled people's idea, this may be a model of overall health scenery.
Obama has a good news, its 2010 afford medical treatment method of lightning rod republican opposition, experts also see political climate change light, efforts to control medical costs rise.
"My expectation is, the President, the convergence of medical insurance plan, will not be for middle-income beneficiary cut idea, said:" the pull Tanden, former Obama who is responsible for American progress center of medical consultant, think-tank strong democratic relationship.
"My hope is that he would see all sorts of use the idea of the negotiations, as we use (medical reform), to promote medical cost is reduced," she said.
The White House declined to comment, it is not clear whether Obama has plans to release a new move, or simply repackage existing broader cost cutting plan proposal.
Bold new steps, for all the people in the United States, in order to reduce the medical burden of medical insurance debate may change the tenor, avoid the republican requirement deep structural change and help the President called for popular support.
Obama's speech has waffles. On December 31,, he told reporters: "I would like to find new ways to reduce medical costs, in this country, in order to reduce our government medical insurance bill. This matter, we should all agree."
Analysts forecast, Obama may gain more drug manufacturers, insurance companies and medical insurance within the scope of the medical service provider of price competition, or between the measures adopted by the part, the 2010 act, the purpose is to national health care service system, from the current charge in order to speed up the service cost structure.
Experts also see a potential tax reform, especially the role of from their employer funded health insurance, protect worker individual long-term exclusion reduce tax benefits.
Every man, woman and child's $2.8 trillion health care system cost nearly $9000. Long-term economic growth more than inflation wide margins, and after 2008 years and 2009 years of American recession tepid create employment, low wage expansion and high personal bankruptcy.
Medical insurance, has long been considered a program, American politicians will touch their danger, is recognized, as for the poor state of medicaid, the deficit is the main driving force. An aging population make medical insurance in the collision process of major financial difficulties; The so-called medical insurance trust fund is the pace of run out of money, the 2024.
The government forecast says, only healthcare will be more than us $1 trillion, in 2021 was $59 billion, and the United States medical care total spending will expand to $48 trillion.
MEDICARE incubator for the majority of the change
Obama in the 2012 presidential election $71.6 billion cut medicare spending growth included in his signature of medical reform, its itself is still many republicans attack many times under attack.
The new measures may not be the end of the existing suggest shave healthcare, including potential rich beneficiaries and cost is higher, may increase the age of admission from 65 to 67 discussion.
"Two party policy center", by the former senate majority leader Tom DaShiLe, democratic, and bill frist, republican leaders of a project is to control medical costs in the next few weeks to make a suggestion.
Others, including secretary Mike Leavitt, mitt romney and medical consultant George w. bush's former assistant, have launched efforts, in order to solve the cost between countries, and at the same time, independent of federal funds in the short term plan announced its own strategy.
Health insurance provides about 500000, accounting for the United States health care spending more than 20%. Therefore, the reform of promoting the practice of medical treatment insurance is likely to their way in the health care system.
Analysts say Obama can accept Suggestions, in 2012 Tanden group, argued in medical insurance to expand competitive bidding, cost and service more transparent, reduce weight to reduce administration cost, the reform of medical education, can save billions of dollars in policy.
These measures, they say, can be combined with the White House proposal, seek to readjust the medical insurance payment drug policy and medical poor beneficiaries, adjust the reimbursement amount may increase the acute care providers, increase the means test outpatient nursing and the benefits of medicines and change the way of medical insurance compensation provider of bad debt patients.
Implement the government price controls, it looks like any change, no pass and republican warned that the conservative Heritage Foundation (Heritage Foundation) Alison frazier.
She added, concept, improve the medical insurance within the scope of the market competition, may get a better response.
 



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