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> Going back to the subject of the article, I wonder how much this visit program actually costs, and whether it could be direct-marketed to wealthy people with
by davycro 13y ago
> Going back to the subject of the article, I wonder how much this visit program actually costs, and whether it could be direct-marketed to wealthy people with elderly parents. "For $10,000(e.g.) a year, we can reduce your parents' hospitalizations by 33% and help them live independently." Sort of like concierge medicine.
Better yet, maybe health insurance companies could offer lower rates to chronic patients who enroll in a visit-program. They are the organizations with the most financial incentive to implement these programs.
- tomjen3 13y agoThey absolutely would (and I still don't see why they don't the cost/benefit ratio of paying for that should make sense) but in this case they are talking about the people who have no insurance or whoes bills are paid by the federal tax payers. And while there are a fair amount of positive things to say about the federal government, prudent financial planning isn't exactly one of them.