Health Affairs May 25, 2017
Gail R. Wilensky and Andy Slavitt

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a five-part Health Affairs Blog series, produced in conjunction with the Bipartisan Policy Center, examining current issues and care models in the delivery system reform effort. Each post will be jointly authored by Democratic and Republican leaders in health policy. Check back for the next entry in the series on June 1.

As a predominant purchaser of health care in the United States, federal health insurance programs must remain committed to advancing smarter approaches to health care payment and delivery. As former administrators of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its predecessor, known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), we each played a role—in both Republican and Democratic administrations—in...

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