Obama plan for health care quality dealt a setback
WASHINGTON (AP) - A key medical industry group says the Obama administration's plan for getting quality health care at less cost is so complex it's unworkable.
Just over a month ago, President Barack Obama's top health officials released draft regulations for "accountable care organizations," which are networks of doctors and hospitals that provide treatment more efficiently. One of the major goals of Obama's health care law is to quickly create hundreds of such networks nationwide.
But in an unusual rebuke, the American Medical Group Association told the administration Wednesday that more than 90 percent of its members won't participate in a version of the idea Medicare is carrying out. Association members include the Mayo Clinic, and provide care to about 1 in 3 Americans.
The administration says it's open to addressing concerns.
