While I know healthcare reform will not happen this year, I offer my modest proposal for healthcare reform to show how there would be something in it for Democrats, Republicans, and healthcare consumers.
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 the space, offering analysis, insights, and predictions on the changing state of healthcare in America.
About The Episode:
On this episode, Marc outlines his modest proposal for healthcare reform. He tells us how there would be something in it for Democrats, Republicans, and healthcare consumers.
Key Takeaways:
We spend far more on healthcare than other developed countries and have the lowest outcomes.
Private affordable universal access systems can be cost-efficient and of quality.
We could keep the employer-based system as a base and have one national health insurance program for others.
Reform would include price reform, pivoting to care management, and ensuring affordable access for all.
We could save between $1.2 and $2.2 trillion annually in today’s dollars once all reforms are in place.
Republicans could take credit for better business competitiveness.
Democrats could be offered some savings to invest in social spending and public health.
We might agree to spend a bit more to ensure on-demand, high-tech care and better access to drugs.
Tackling healthcare reform would take political courage and leadership and abandoning views on the extremes of each party.
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Resources
The Healthcare Labyrinth: A Guide to Navigating Health Plans and Fixing American Health Insurance
