Health leaders at the White House

Today, leaders from six advocacy groups met with President Obama to discuss a proposal to reduce health spending by $2 trillion dollars throughout the next 10 years. The White House issued a news release, "Coming together to bring down the cost of health care," following the event. From the release:

"These are important steps toward comprehensive health care reform both for the savings identified and the improvements these efforts will make to health care delivery in our country. Moreover, if groups as disparate as - AHIP, AMA, AHA, PhRMA, SEIU, and AdvaMed - can come together around the cause of cost-cutting and greater affordability, the possibility for fundamental reform in the weeks ahead is great."