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Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 02:06 PM by andym
There is one improvement to the current legislation that would make a big difference in how cost effective the reforms will turn out:
Tax all revenue above some reasonable limit, say 5%, of the cost of all procedures that are paid for. Even better, instead of taxing, require premiums by regulation to be no higher than 5% overhead over the averaged total cost of the procedures that the company pays in aggregate. No kickbacks to health care providers allowed. This would help cut into the 30% or more overhead that is apparently now in place.
Of course, this assumes that a bill includes language barring no one from receiving health insurance. And requires a bill in which health care risk for an individual is not allowed to be considered in pricing a policy (which is already true today in many states for group policies) That will cut costs and chase some inefficient (greedy) for-profit insurers from the business.
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