Health Care Advocates Clash On Expanding Competitive Bidding

Editor’s Note:  The following is a quote from the Inside Health Policy article “Health Care Advocates Clash On Expanding Competitive Bidding.”  The complete article is available here.

From: Inside Health Policy

by Michelle M. Stein

The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, however, said in a letter sent to the National Coalition on Health Care on Monday (Nov. 26) that the competitive bidding program as it is structured “is neither competitive nor an auction nor sustainable.” The CRE is requesting that the NCHC explain its support for the program.