Mass. Lawmakers Looking To Lower Family Healh Care Costs Boston

Mass. Lawmakers Looking To Lower Family Healh Care Costs

May 5, 2012 12:00 AM

" BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts House leaders unveiled a health care payment bill Friday that they say will lower family premiums by nearly $2,000 annually over the next five years in part by cutting waste and inefficiency out of the existing health care system.

The approximately 150-page bill detailed Friday is designed to reward doctors and hospitals for keeping patients healthy instead of paying them for each operation or service they provide "

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