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As long as the other ways require less effort for the patient/care receiver to worry about where to find quality health care, I'm game. If I have to shop in a
by jasonjayr 8y ago
As long as the other ways require less effort for the patient/care receiver to worry about where to find quality health care, I'm game.
If I have to shop in a market full of confusing terms, exceptions, reams of paperwork (I am not a medical expert) the solution is already crap. When it comes to health care, the a provider should not have an opportunity to gain advantage by segmenting the market into different groups or risk pools, or hiding behind long and complex policies that require a subject matter expert to understand.
- acdha 8y agoBefore the ACA, a colleague with a small consultancy (IIRC ~10 people) discussed how ridiculous the term “market” was: none of the companies would even tell him the coverage details for the plan (“each member will get a booklet”) so the idea of shopping around was positively Kafkaesque, lacking basic information and having substantial time and cost penalties if you realized you made a mistake and wanted to switch.