title: Potential consequences of reforming Medicare into a competitive bidding system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. zirui_song@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Zirui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cutler
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chernew
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017047:Cost Sharing; D004465:Economic Competition; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000191:economics; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D017149:Private Sector; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States