The Remington Report

A reserve fund of more than $630 billion over 10 years to help pay for health care reform has been set aside. Half of the reserve fund would come from savings in health care programs, including proposals to bundle Medicare payments for hospital and post-acute care ($17.84 billion in savings). A reserve fund of more than $630 billion over 10 years to help pay for health care reform has been set aside. Half of the reserve fund would come from savings in health care programs, including proposals to bundle Medicare payments for hospital and post-acute care ($17.84 billion in savings).

Also in the budget: reduce payments to hospitals with certain readmission rates ($8.43 billion), and link a portion of inpatient hospital payment to performance on specific quality measures ($12.09 billion).