Here's A Question For Anybody That Has Read Any Of The Health Reform Bills.......

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Is there any provision in any of the bills that addresses standardizing the paperwork needed in the use of health insurance - both on the provider side and the patient side?

Is there a movement to create universal forms - that have to be used by all insurance companies?

I read where one hospital has to deal with over 700 different insurance companies and each has their own set of rules and forms. This contributes to a lot of cost in the management and a lot of frustration on the part of both patients and providers.

If we can't have a universal single payer system - could we at least have universal forms to simplify the paperwork that needs to be completed when using one's health care insurance.

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1. Section 1709

seems to be the closest thing to what you're asking. See 3(B) under that section, page 973 of the House bill.