A bill to provide for the establishment of a task force on consumer and physician incentives toward hospital cost containment.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Establishes a seven-member Task Force on Consumer and Physician Incentives Toward Hospital Cost Containment (three members to be appointed by the President, two by the Speaker of the House, and two by the President of the Senate) to study: (1) the effect of policies and procedures (including use of deductibles, coinsurance, cost- or risk-sharing, tax deductions and exclusions, and prepaid health plans) relating to payment of hospital services on (A) consumer and physician cost awareness and (B) the utilization and quality of hospital services; and (2) the desirability of increasing the use of such methods in federally funded and other health insurance programs. Directs the Task Force to submit such study and recommendation to the appropriate congressional committees within two years of its appointment.…