A National Private Health Care Market Place: Feeding Reform to the Big Dogs
by Fred Fortin
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WHCB: “A National Private Health Care Market Place: Feeding Reform to the Big Dogs” « ajfortin.com wrote @ September 26th, 2007 at 3:19 am
[…] my entire post over at the World Health Care Blog Posted in Globalization, Hawaii, Healthcare, […]
Pat wrote @ October 3rd, 2007 at 3:01 am
I still need to walk the dog rather than the dog walk me no matter what its size.
Good point, this is an issue that must be address as localized cost containment is critical.
David Demers wrote @ October 3rd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
To me control means I get to decide what coverages my plan includes, it means I get to choose how and when I’ll use the delivery system, it means there is a relationship between my choices and my costs…or savings, and it means I take responsibility for me lifestyle choices and get lower rates because I do. All these things are impeded by our current paternalistic system. No one is accountable because the current system disallows responsibility. As early as the 1970’s the Rand Corporation had studies showing that when utilization and cost are linked, consumers economize, and there are no differences in outcomes.
WorldHealthCareBlog.org » McCain’s Health Plan — “Feeding Health Care to the Big Dogs” Part Two: a hosted discussion on innovation in health care wrote @ October 13th, 2007 at 12:07 am
[…] argued before that nationalizing the private health insurance market place would be a big mistake. Such a policy […]
WorldHealthCareBlog.org » Newt Gingrich To Detail His Health Care Reform Plan in March: a hosted discussion on innovation in health care wrote @ January 4th, 2008 at 12:17 am
[…] creating a truly competitive, national market.” On this point he’s in line with the Wall Street Journal, and McCain’s health reform plan, among others. I’ve argued against this notion […]
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