Candy at the cash register--a risk factor for obesity and chronic disease.

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  • Deborah A Cohen
  • Susan H Babey
چکیده

this option regardless of what the law requires . . . because they are responding to consumer demands in the market. President Obama believes the answer lies in a bigger government that decides what care Americans should receive and how much providers should be paid for it. But his plan has already failed to deliver on virtually every promise he made, and its components are failing as quickly as they go into effect. It must be repealed. I believe the answer lies with patients and families, with reformed insurance markets and fair competition, with strong consumer protections and real entitlement reform. My plan tackles our health care challenges without a federal takeover of the entire system. Instead, it relies on markets over regulations, doctors and patients over bureaucrats, and tailored state programs over a 2700-page “solution” from Washington.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The New England journal of medicine

دوره 367 15  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012