November 17, 2009

In letter to President Obama, Garber and Fuchs join top economists urging four elements necessary to control costs in health care legislation

Stanford Health Policy Director Alan Garber, core faculty Victor Fuchs and associate faculty Kenneth Arrow joined two dozen economists in signing a letter to President Barack Obama urging cost controlling measures be included in health care legislation. The four key measures they outlined in their three-page memo are (1) deficit neutrality; (2) an excise tax on high-cost insurance plans; (3) an independent Medicare commission; and (4) delivery system reforms.

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