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The Obama Administration's Options for Health Care Cost Control: Hope Versus Reality
- Theodore Marmor, PhD;
- Jonathan Oberlander, PhD; and
- Joseph White, PhD
- From Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Abstract
Controlling the costs of medical care has long been an elusive goal in U.S. health policy. This article examines the options for health care cost control under the Obama administration. The authors argue that the administration's approach to health reform offers some potential for cost control but also embraces many strategies that are not likely to be successful. Lessons the United States can learn from other countries' experiences in constraining medical care spending are then explored.
Article and Author Information
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Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: None disclosed.
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Requests for Single Reprints: Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, Department of Social Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, CB#7240, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240; e-mail, oberland{at}med.unc.edu.
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Current Author Addresses: Dr. Marmor: Yale School of Management, 135 Prospect Street, Box 208200, New Haven, CT 06520-8200.
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Dr. Oberlander: Department of Social Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, CB#7240, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240.
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Dr. White: Mather House 113, 11201 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7109.
