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Previous Volume 345:1920-1924 December 27, 2001 Number 26

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Progress on the nation's health policy agenda, like so many other things, was interrupted by the tragic events of September 11. However, that disaster has not changed a view shared by Democratic and Republican policymakers: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is badly in need of repair. The federal agency is the single largest purchaser of health care in the world, with an estimated $476 billion paid for health care services in 2001 on behalf of 70 million disabled, elderly, and poor beneficiaries. In recent years, however, the agency . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Growth of the Agency

The Role of Private Contractors and Other Government Agencies

The Views of Providers

Investigation of Fraud and Abuse

The Bush Administration's Response

The Congressional Response

The Partisan Divide over Medicare Reform

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