http://company.changehealthcare.com/legislating-the-u-s-into-consumer-directed-healthcare/ Behind the Scenes at change:healthcare Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:46:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://company.changehealthcare.com/legislating-the-u-s-into-consumer-directed-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-879 David Frederiksen Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:48:21 +0000 http://company.changehealthcare.com/?p=926#comment-879 Decreasing the ranks of the un-and-under-insured is an important issue, but there are significant cost-increases inherent in achieveing that goal. While I wholeheartedly believe that access to care needs to improve dramatically for the un-and-under-insured, such an increase is by default, an increase in demand. Simple economics shows that if you increase demand, and supply remains the same, prices (i.e. costs for everyone - employers and consumers) will go up. With prices going up and more of healthcare costs born by the patient/consumer, increasing access to care will also servce to force the issue of consumerism in the private healthcare market. Decreasing the ranks of the un-and-under-insured is an important issue, but there are significant cost-increases inherent in achieveing that goal. While I wholeheartedly believe that access to care needs to improve dramatically for the un-and-under-insured, such an increase is by default, an increase in demand. Simple economics shows that if you increase demand, and supply remains the same, prices (i.e. costs for everyone – employers and consumers) will go up. With prices going up and more of healthcare costs born by the patient/consumer, increasing access to care will also servce to force the issue of consumerism in the private healthcare market.

]]> http://company.changehealthcare.com/legislating-the-u-s-into-consumer-directed-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-875 chris Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:12:54 +0000 http://company.changehealthcare.com/?p=926#comment-875 Hey Robert, any idea on how the changes proposed by the president will effect change:healthcare? Or rather, what value does a company like change:healthcare bring to the market to support consumers? Hey Robert, any idea on how the changes proposed by the president will effect change:healthcare? Or rather, what value does a company like change:healthcare bring to the market to support consumers?

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