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The Independent Payment Advisory Board

Categories: Elderly,Health/Medical,Laws/Regulations,Medicare/Medicaid,Prices/Inflation

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41511_20120312.pdf

Describes what the board is, how and why it was created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and how it works to control the growth of Medicare costs per beneficiary.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.com