by Emdeon CEO George Lazenby
In 2011, our country must tackle three serious but potentially conflicting objectives to return to economic health: 1) We must decide the fate of healthcare reform; and, simultaneously, 2) shrink the federal budget deficit; and 3) reduce taxpayers’ burden.
The stakes could not be higher as the 112th Congress debates repealing or modifying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Recently, the Congressional Budget Office announced the federal budget deficit for 2011 will be at least $1.5 trillion—a deficit record no one wanted to see broken.
Against this challenging background, it is easy to assume we will be stuck in healthcare gridlock. But I believe there are common sense actions we can take today, with support from across the political spectrum, that can help lead us out of gridlock and get us back on track to being a healthier nation with a brighter economic outlook.
To learn which three steps Lazenby believes could help the U.S. healthcare industry start reversing billions in annual healthcare losses, visit: www.emdeon.com/fraudprevention, and download this article from the Bureau of National Affairs’ Health Care Fraud Report.
Common Sense and Common Ground Can End Healthcare Gridlock
