(AHIP: Washington, D.C.)-- The U.S. could reduce total health care spending and improve the quality of patient care if the plan recently proposed by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is implemented. PricewaterhouseCoopers reviewed AHIP’s proposals and estimates, and concluded that if these proposals are fully implemented, the nation’s total health care expenditures could be $145 billion lower than currently projected by the year 2015.

“Based on our analysis, these initiatives, if implemented broadly, can yield significant savings,” says Jack Rodgers, director of health policy economics at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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