Health care costs

Listed below are direct links to Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to Health care cost. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.

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Value-Based Decision-Making in the Health Care System (PDF, 44KB)
CMS Report 7, A-08

Study of Cost Sharing Arrangements in Prescription Drugs (PDF, 31KB)
CMS Report 1, I-07

Health Insurance Coverage of High-Risk Patients (PDF, 62KB)
CMS Report 2, I-07

Strategies to Strengthen the Medicare Program (PDF, 39KB)
CMS Report 6, I-07

Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage (PDF, 46KB)
CMS Report 7, A-07

Strategies to Address Rising Health Care Costs (PDF, 86KB)
CMS Report 8, A-07

Health System Expenditures (PDF,107KB)
CMS Report 1, A-06

Offsetting the Costs of Providing Uncompensated Care (PDF, 59KB)
CMS Report 8, A-05

Containing Catastrophic Care Cost (PDF, 180KB)
CMS Report 5, A-05

Growth in Health Care Costs and Health Insurance Premiums (PDF, 139KB)
CMS Report 13, A-02