curtailing health care costs
Failing Complicated Care, What's Next?
Comorbidity: Are we prepared to care for people with chronic or complex conditions?
Saying "No!" (In the Style of Managed Care)
Managed care (or a reasonable facsimile) is "still with us….its role is certain to grow" and its "appeal is financial."
Insurers--Get With the Program!
President Obama champions three goals for reform: 1) "increasing security and stability" and "shared responsibility" for coverage for those having insurance, for the uninsured, 2) giving all “quality, affordable choices,” and the sticky widget, 3) "slowing the growth of health care costs."
Cost-cutting Proposals
Six groups representing doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, health care workers and drug and medical device maufacturers are discussing cost-cutting proposals with the White House. "The hospital association is one of [the] groups that went to the White House on May 11 to announce their commitment to cut $2 trillion from the growth of health spending over 10 years. President Obama hailed the announcement as 'a watershed event.'”
The following six items are reasonable and undoubtedly will appear in various forms and forums over the next few months. I list them with my reaction to each:
