The best healthcare plan you’ve never heard of
Fox News Forum
by John Graham
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“By refusing to even consider consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC), congressional leaders are proving that they’re more interested in putting the government in charge of Americans’ healthcare than in actually improving patient outcomes. Decades of evidence show that CDHC-style reforms can achieve the stated goal of would-be health reformers: high-quality care at low cost. All the reform plans under consideration in Congress fail to address the biggest problem with our healthcare system: third parties, like insurance companies or the government, pay for just about everything. Consequently, Americans have no idea how much the medical services they consume cost. How much is a visit to a primary care doctor? Or a trip to a specialist? The average patient has no idea. Third-party payment shields people from the truth about how much they’re spending at the doctor’s office. As a result, most folks have no incentive to manage their healthcare expenditures, so make little effort to do so.” (09/03/09)
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Once again demonstrating the foolish disconnect between consumer and cost.
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