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Health Care Policy and Value-Based Competition
Implications for Government
GOVERNMENT HAS A MAJOR INFLUENCE on the health care system in the United States, as it does in virtually every country. State and federal policy makers set numerous rules and regulations that affect the nature of competition in health care, as well as incentives and constraints for system participants. Government also participates directly in the system through the operation of Medicare, Medicaid, health plans for government employees, and health care delivery systems for the active armed forces and veterans. Because of the size of government insurance programs, the way they are structured has ripple effects throughout the system. Finally, government has a prominent ...
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