By Tom Corwin
Staff Writer
The Augusta Chronicle
November 10, 2010
Moving toward health care reform could mean some short-term pain, higher premiums and frustration when an estimated 32 million previously uninsured people crash the system, an expert panel of Augusta hospital CEOs and physician leaders said during a discussion at The Augusta Chronicle.
In the long term, though, it could mean greater gains in health for the population through better preventive care and a system that rewards quality over volume, they said.
Although reform often has been miscast as government-run or socialist medicine, future changes could lead to greater consumer information and more competition as more integration takes place among providers.
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