Healthcare ReformHow to implement healthcare reform that cuts costs and improves care.
Read the commentary by Kent Holtorf, M.D. published in Forbes.com on September 09.2009
http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/09/health-care-reform-insurance-opinions-contributors-doctors.html
The House health reform bill will outlaw private insurance coverage that is bought and sold in the open market. Instead, Congress wants to force all private insurance outside the place of work to be purchased in an "exchange" created and controlled by the government. Also, within the "exchange" insurance not approved by the government will be outlawed! So much for private plans! So much for our ability to choose!
What kind of care will you get from the health plan the government does approve? A new federal health board will decide whether your health care is "effective" or "appropriate." According to Tom Daschle, the idea is based on Britain's model which has determined that one year of life is worth only $44,000. The health board will consist of 17 bureaucrats appointed by the Secretary of HHS, whose job is to "enable clinicians, patients, consumers, and payers to make more informed health care decisions that improve quality and value." I don't need the government to "enable" me to make decisions that improve quality and value for me. Do you?
What can you do about all of this?
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