Forum: Health Care Reform Creates Many Challenges

Sacramento Business Journal - by Kathy Robertson Staff writer


The 2,400-plus page federal health care overhaul is chock-full of new terms and new opportunities, but its effect on patients, providers and business will depend on the regulations still unwritten and evolve over time, speakers concluded at a Business Journal forum Friday morning.

The massive bill will expand coverage to millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans, including 8 million or more in California. It will also flip the health care industry on its head with a new focus on “value instead of volume.”

“Extremely complex legislation is being implemented at break-neck speed,” said Marty Keale, executive director of a coalition of area clinics called Capitol Community Health Network. “What that implies is they are going to make mistakes and some wrong turns, so there will be confusion for some time.”

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