A lot of political venom is still directed at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. But this landmark legislation has provisions that promote health care innovations that can cut Medicaid costs while preserving coverage and quality of care.
A recently proposed health care delivery system for Medicaid patients would combine five features of the law: the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center); community health centers; teaching health centers; the National Health Service Corps; and reform of graduate medical education and reallocation of its support. [A column by Richard E. Rieselbach, professor emeritus of medicine and Patrick L. Remington, professor of population health and associate dean for public health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.]