jay brebner

Pundits Are Wrong: Healthcare Reform Will Increase Profits

very informative interview at healthaffairs.org blog with the physician/CEO of Gunderson Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, WI. Nearly the entire debate in one reading with reasonable and thoughtful answers.

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Pundits Are Wrong: Healthcare Reform Will Increase Profits

wisdom vs information -

How do you square the per capita spending numbers between US and Europe? The answer is that they have a national budget for health care services and we don't. We effectively have a bubble in the health care sector that is unsustainable. The gov is already half of the system. no one is burrying their head in the sand they are looking for solutions to a problem. Quit bitching at your straw men and contribute a workable solution. how would you structure the system? laissez-faire is an option but does it prioritize a budget? single-payer is an option but can it guarantee competition? there is a solution out there but we are too lazy and corrupted by ideals to figure it out?

Pundits Are Wrong: Healthcare Reform Will Increase Profits

the public option is no longer an option if a bill is to get passed. Co-ops are the new public option in the Baucus bill and that is what will get passed. I say this because I believe there was a lot of negotiation between Baucus and Obama before his speech last week and the Baucus bill is what Obama is willing to sign. Therefore I agree with this analysis as many of the newly insured will be those who don't really use health services - the young. The providers who adopt the Kaiser/Mayo delivery system will be the winners as reimbursement evolves away from the "pay for procedure" game.