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Health Insurance Drives Sky-Rocketing Health Care Costs

Recently my allergy doctor suggested a vapor treatment for my pollen-driven tightened chest. I said okay. It never occurred to me to ask how much does the treatment cost because I won't get a bill. The charge will merely be an object of curiosity when the insurance company sends me an explanation of benefits they paid. If the insurer is required to pay – no questions asked – for tests and treatments, our profit-making health care eco-system is going to prescribe more at a higher cost each. That leads directly to rising insurance premiums. If I had to pay the bill for that treatment, I would have asked more questions about the cost and efficacy.

2021-02-01T15:13:56+00:00March 25th, 2017|Comments Off on Health Insurance Drives Sky-Rocketing Health Care Costs

ACA Exchange = Shiny New Car Paint But There’s No Engine

The mainstream media is still reporting the Affordable Health Care (ACA) Exchange Website is not working well. A website is like the shiny bright paint job on a new car on the showroom floor. The paint attracts the buyer’s attention but it doesn’t drive the car. OMG, beyond the shiny green paint – there isn’t even a complete design of the car

2021-02-01T11:20:40+00:00December 2nd, 2013|Comments Off on ACA Exchange = Shiny New Car Paint But There’s No Engine

President Obama and the Affordable Care Act Fumble

There is a troubling juxtaposition between the President pictured in the Situation Room during the Bin Laden raid and the absence of any evidence the President and his health care policy and technology team ever conducted an ACA milestone review. In the former, the President had no control over the roll-out and the latter he had absolute control of the roll-out

2021-02-01T16:29:12+00:00November 18th, 2013|Comments Off on President Obama and the Affordable Care Act Fumble

ACA Exchange Debacle Demands Government Reform Technology Procurement

The purpose of the ACA Exchange is simple. Help Americans shop for health insurance. But spending $450 million dollars on an e-commerce application.reaches the level of criminality when the website does not even work! Out of ACA debacle must come a 21st century approach to government technology acquisition.

2021-02-01T11:21:44+00:00November 11th, 2013|Comments Off on ACA Exchange Debacle Demands Government Reform Technology Procurement

Government Plan For Patient-Centric Healthcare Reform Is Suspect

The computer in the exam room can facilitate scientific research that will help people live better, fuller, longer lives! That is, unless the science is co-opted by the government through the Institute for Patient-Centric Outcomes and the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in 2015.

2021-02-01T15:46:31+00:00July 1st, 2013|Comments Off on Government Plan For Patient-Centric Healthcare Reform Is Suspect