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SPOTLIGHT: McClellan argues for power of competition
October 9, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
Outgoing CMS head Mark McClellan sat down for a chat this week with The Christian Science Monitor. In a wide-ranging discussion, McClellan laid out his belief in the power of competition for improving healthcare efficiency, citing a 10 percent drop in provider costs under the Medicare prescription drug program as an example. He also expressed support for the notion of making Medicare premiums income-sensitive, a concept CMS plans to implement in 2007. Article
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