Saturday, August 11, 2007

Webcast report: Our response to insurer responsibility issues.

- If health care is a business, of course you won't insure someone who will lose you money. How can we change this paradigm?

- Insurance is simply a money management system – it's hard to see how involving insurance companies will be effective in any way. Get them out of the picture!

- Costs are often hidden, such as for surgeries; more transparency in the system is needed. Viewing insurance as contracted, heavily regulated service is the way to go.

- Clinicians should determine 'preexisting' conditions – not insurance administrators.

- This does need to be part of a comprehensive expansive proposal to increase the number of people in the system in order to be effective.

- Premium costs aren't addressed in any way.

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