Medicare Floats Essential Medicine ‘Buffer Stock’ Incentive For Hospitals
Executive Summary
The US is proposing to pay hospitals extra to maintain reserve supplies of ‘essential medicines’ to help mitigate shortages. But would the plan only make the problem worse?
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