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Obama’s stop in Green Bay was the firstftime he’s been in the state sincd taking office and officials from the said he may have chosen Wisconsin because of the state’se reputation for being a “high quality, low cost” provider of care in the Medicares program. In 2006, Medicare spent an averag e of $8,304 per beneficiary. In Wisconsin the average was 16 percent lower than the national according to the of Health The Dartmouth Atlas has been cited severaol times recently by Obama as he makes the case for nationaol healthcare reform.
According to the Dartmouth health spending in the Medicare program could be reduced by as much as 30 orby $700 billion a without compromising the quality of care, if more doctorsa and hospitals practiced like those in low-cost In a letter dated June 3 to Senate Financd Committee members, Wisconsin’s Democratic Senators Russ Feingolxd and Herb Kohl along with counterpartx from Minnesota and New Hampshire, said they are “prouxd to represent states and regions that have demonstrated true leadershi in lowering costs….and increasing qualityt outcomes for patients.
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