Frist Predicts Congress Will Approve a $1 Trillion Health Care Bill That Won't "Bend The Cost Curve" - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /news/100109checkinginwithfrist/ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:19:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 Frist Predicts Congress Will Approve a $1 Trillion Health Care Bill That Won't "Bend The Cost Curve" - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /news/100109checkinginwithfrist/ 32 32 161476233 Frist Predicts Congress Will Approve a $1 Trillion Health Care Bill That Won’t “Bend The Cost Curve” /news/100109checkinginwithfrist/ /news/100109checkinginwithfrist/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:30:00 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/100109checkinginwithfrist/ KHN’s Eric Pianin talks with former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., about his new book, “A Heart to Serve, The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.”

Frist offers his views on the health care debate on Capitol Hill. The former heart transplant surgeon and businessman predicts that Congress will ultimately approve a $1 trillion health care reform plan that will expand insurance coverage to millions but do very little to “bend the cost curve” of the health care industry. Frist, a member of the board, also discusses the influence of his father on his career.


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