you have to be able to create
national standards of what it
should be.
>>> is reforming health care --
you know, it seems right now
that the biggest strides are
trying to be made by the private
sector
we mentioned the berkshire
alliance companies going
directly to the insurers to
demand better rates.
is that the way it's going to
be
is it going to be driven by the
private sector or is there a
role for government?
>> you know, i think market
forces work best
so if you're talking about drug
pricing, coordination of care,
employers lowering their cost of
care, going direct, i think, is
the most effective
i think federal and state
governments, medicare, medicaid,
have a role to play in standards
and in protecting the clinical
quality in some ways, but i
think market forces work better
when you're trying to lower
costs and improve quality.
>> there has been that role of
market forces driving down the
price of drugs and with scott
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