Health Care and Industry

[dancerjodi]

Here's an interesting article from one of my daily blogs.

I go back and forth on where I stand in regards to health coverage. I think that everyone should have access to health care. I also think that those than can share the burden should be funding it (be it employees, employers, business, government). Resources are finite and someone has to provide them. Its coming up with how to provide them that I struggle with. Folks that are working and have an average Massachusetts run of the mill HMO plan would be very unsatisfied with the benefits that some other countries offer to their residents under national health care plans - things are much more controlled (and the wealthy *still* end up with the Cadillac of care while most other folks drive the Chevy).

I like the above article because it stresses transparency and communication, which are both important to me but are both things that the industry tends to shy away from. Something has got to happen soon though, as prices continue to rise, more folks are left without health coverage and the US seems to fare less well than other industrialized countries in treating illnesses despite all of our technologies and supposed system improvements.

Comments

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

I know that my org is very interested in being at the table so to speak regarding health care costs and access.

[developer.livejournal.com]

Maybe not paying the CEO of BCBS a half million salary, 2.5 million for bonuses for the YEAR (wonder what the metrics for those bonuses were...) and a 17 million dollar retirement package would be a place to start.