Health Care Costs
Listed below are Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to Health care costs. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.
Components of Health Insurance
CMS Report 2, A-09
Appropriate Hospital Charges
CMS Report 4, A-09
Comparative Effectiveness Research
CMS Report 5, 1-08
Value-Based Decision-Making in the Health Care System
CMS Report 7, A-08
Study of Cost Sharing Arrangements in Prescription Drugs
CMS Report 1, I-07
Health Insurance Coverage of High-Risk Patients
CMS Report 2, I-07
Strategies to Strengthen the Medicare Program
CMS Report 6, I-07
Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage
CMS Report 7, A-07
Strategies to Address Rising Health Care Costs
CMS Report 8, A-07
Health System Expenditures
CMS Report 1, A-06
Offsetting the Costs of Providing Uncompensated Care
CMS Report 8, A-05
Containing Catastrophic Care Costs
CMS Report 5, A-05
Growth in Health Care Costs and Health Insurance Premiums
CMS Report 13, A-02
