Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> Comments on: A New Semi-Public Option for Health Care Reform; From Bottom Up, Not Top Down http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henrva http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 henrva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1013 This is essentially the system currently used in France. In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient's health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient's insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid's excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system. I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system! This is essentially the system currently used in France.

In France, fees for procedures are fixed, so patients know exactly what they will pay beforehand. At the beginning of a visit, the patient card is swiped, which pulls up the patient’s health records. at the end of the encounter, the doctor enters the diagnosis/procedure code and with one click this information is submitted to the patient’s insurance company and to the govt. See TR Reid’s excellent book, The Healing of America, for a full description of the French system.

I wish we had such an easy and straight-forward system!

]]> By: W.Rogers, MD http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 W.Rogers, MD Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-1006 If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation. If this interesting and refreshing idea will work, then it will work in the free market place. That is, a private sector clearing house could set up the service and run it for insurance companies, patients, and providers who choose to participate. If the benefits to all involved parties are indeed forthcoming, more and more companies and people will want to participate. If the benefits are not there, then the enterprise will die on the vine. The government must be kept out of the entire operation.

]]> By: Mike http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Mike Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-983 I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop. I would like to pose this question to any Senator worth their salt (assuming the senator is not a attorney). Why is TORT REFORM not a major component of this bill? Studies performed by http://www.AHealthInsuranceQuote.com and http://www.HealthInsuranceSource.net that liability insurance costs are approaching nearly one third of the operating expenses for specialty care physicians, units and facilities. Aside from medical provider costs, insurance carriers such as Humana Health Plans state that their costs of medical liability and defensive medicine accounts for nearly 10 cents out of every premium dollar collected (verified). Compare that to Humana’s reported pharmaceutical claims of 15 cents out of every premium dollar collected. Or better yet, 21 cents out of every premium dollar collected is paid back to physicians for physician treatments. Without TORT REFORM, medical provider costs will never drop.

]]> By: Brenda Black http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Brenda Black Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-982 This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream. This idea provides for possible cost reductions in administration but it does nothing for cost containment as it is still a procedure/service based system which will encourage healthcare providers to provide more in the hopes of getting more from that easy cashstream.

]]> By: jsghealth4ALLPA http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-979 jsghealth4ALLPA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-979 Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA. Interesting concept on how to implement a single-payer system. I will pass this on to healthcare4ALLPA.org which is trying to pass a comprehensive universal single-payer plan in PA.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-978 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1903

]]> By: ticho http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-977 ticho Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-977 Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has? Does this imply that the doctor would be unaware of the type of health insurance the patient has?

]]> By: Kim http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/12/07/a-new-semi-public-option-for-health-care-reform-from-bottom-up-not-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Kim Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:52:29 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2806#comment-975 If this were utopia, your idea would work. Trust me, I'm not trying to be sarcastic. I've worked for providers, networks and managed care companies for 14 years. Your "single payor" plan will only work if (1) EVERYONE in this country is 100% honest, (2) EVERYONE in this country is considerate of every other person (3) our federal government was competent. Traditional Medicare is a government-run insurance company that is paying other companies to take their members away because they don’t know how to manage their care. Would you have someone do your taxes if they can’t add or subtract? Are you aware that your peers accumulated $60 billion in Medicare fraud per year. Again this all goes back to everyone being honest. If this were utopia, your idea would work. Trust me, I’m not trying to be sarcastic. I’ve worked for providers, networks and managed care companies for 14 years. Your “single payor” plan will only work if (1) EVERYONE in this country is 100% honest, (2) EVERYONE in this country is considerate of every other person (3) our federal government was competent. Traditional Medicare is a government-run insurance company that is paying other companies to take their members away because they don’t know how to manage their care. Would you have someone do your taxes if they can’t add or subtract? Are you aware that your peers accumulated $60 billion in Medicare fraud per year. Again this all goes back to everyone being honest.

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