Medscape is a great resource for keeping current on health care reform and medical issues. This March 27 article is one of the clearest explanations of how the money will be spent – part of it to deal with Medicare, Medicaid and COBRA payments to states, but most importantly, investments into comparative effectiveness research and health information technology. Take a look. Article is at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/590233
What’s not clear to me still is to what extent insurance companies or even the government’s insurance schemes have come around to recognize the contribution of patient navigators to the overall treatment of a seriously ill patient. Are PN services covered by ANY insurance plan, public or private, as yet?