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Vol. 32|No. 5

May 2013

Tackling The Cost Conundrum

  • From the Founding Editor
  • Entry Point: Long-Term Care Commission
  • Is The Slowdown Permanent?
  • Recalculating Spending Projections
  • Medicare And Global Payments
  • Medicare Savings In Postacute Care
  • Supplemental Coverage And Spending Growth
  • How To Sustain Medicare
  • Reforming Medicare
  • The Medicare Essential Option
  • Standardized Clinical Assessments
  • Updating Bundled Payments
  • Recession And Behavioral Health Spending
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  3. Poll: Many Adults in One State Think Voters Should Decide Whether Marijuana for Medical Use Is Legalized 05 May 2013
  4. Gates Foundation and Partners Launch New Strategy for Eradicating Polio 01 May 2013
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