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C11 (July 2005)

Modern Perspective
Richard Davidson
Modern Healthcare, Jul 18, 2005, pp34
"The 40th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid should celebrate how important these programs have been to millions of men, women and children over the decades. But it also should signal the start of a new national conversation on just what one wants the healthcare future of America to be. Partisan politics, marginalization and timidity will not get it done. Everybody needs an open, bold, and visionary conversation that includes not just talking, but also a lot of listening. Everybody must listen to patients, to communities, to providers, to payers and to everyone with a stake in the future of the nation's health." Richard Davidson is president of the American Hospital Association.

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