Structural Health Care Reform:

1) Compensation Reform for doctors and hospitals.

Incentivizing Excellence –

• Bundle payments that pay for the treatment of the overall condition, not individual treatments.
• Create incentives for physicians to team up
• Give doctors bonuses for good health outcomes
• Rethink the cost of a medical education.
• Reward medical students who choose a career as a primary care physician, who chooses to work in under served areas. (Investment in the National Health Service Core to make medical training more affordable for primary care doctors and nurse practitioner)

2) Improve the quality of medical information making its way to doctors and patients.

Replicate Best Practices-

• Investment in research to identify the best treatment for a variety of aliments and conditions.
• Build on the examples of outstanding medicine from other medical institutions.

President Obama pledged to listen to and work with doctors and physicians to pursue Health Care Reform that works for health care professionals.

President Obama also wants to expand the role of a commissions created by a republican congress, The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, to evaluate how to eliminate waste, reduce cost and improve quality health care.

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