The problem with the new Medicare law, in one chart
Posted on AllSides April 23rd, 2015
From The Left
Congress passed a law last week that overhauls Medicare to pay doctors more when they deliver better care — or at least, that's how it's being sold.
President Obama described the new law that way — it "encourages payments based on quality," he said — shortly before signing it.
Except not all experts are convinced the law will do this: Topher Spiro at the Center for American Progress makes a pretty compelling case that, at least in the short term, the new bill will move away from paying