Since the feds won’t act, states are increasingly passing healthcare reform legislation to control costs.
About The Podcast:
Millions of Americans feel confused and frustrated in their search for quality healthcare coverage.
Between out-of-control costs, countless inefficiencies, a lack of affordable universal access, and little focus on wellness and prevention, the system is clearly in dire need of change.
Hosted by healthcare policy and technology expert Marc S. Ryan, the Healthcare Labyrinth Podcast offers accessible, incisive deep dives on the most pressing issues and events in American healthcare.
Marc seeks to help Americans become wiser consumers and navigate the healthcare maze with more confidence and certainty through The Healthcare Labyrinth website and his book of the same name.
Marc is an unconventional Republican who believes that affordable universal access is a wise and prudent investment. He recommends common-sense solutions to reform American healthcare.
Tune in every week as Marc examines the latest developments in space, offering analysis, insights, and predictions on the changing state of healthcare in America.
About The Episode:
On this episode, Marc discusses a series of state healthcare laws and bills. Since the feds won’t act, states are increasingly passing healthcare reform legislation to control costs.
Key Takeaways:
Trump 47 has pushed forward on a series of healthcare regulatory reforms. Kudos, but Congress refuses to truly act.
Therefore, states are increasingly getting into the healthcare reform game.
While states are preempted on self-insured and Medicare coverage, they are getting creative to impact price and reduce costs.
Many are pushing through hospital price caps in various forms.
Other states have set up statewide accountability costs to limit overall healthcare cost growth.
Many states have passed transparency laws.
Reform at the state level is in progressive as well as conservative states.
Increasingly states see the problem and do not view controlling price negatively.
But Congress must act to have true impact and so we don’t have a patchwork system.
Site neutral payments, uniform pricing, and addressing consolidation are among the reforms I view as crucial.
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The Healthcare Labyrinth: A Guide to Navigating Health Plans and Fixing American Health Insurance
