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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: TimF who wrote (7636)7/20/2009 6:40:07 AM
From: John Carragher  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
true however hmo was significantly cheaper for the group and the costs were not shifted to other groups. than ppo which was a good deal more expensive. of course the corporations only contribute a fixed % of dollars to programs the rest relie on those in the group to assume any increase in over all costs.

hmo negotiated significant cheaper doctor, and hospital rates vs ppo which basically paid standard rates in the community.

i can give you examples of surgeon fee on hmo and same surgeon fee on ppo. they were very different. we can argue both groups would have paid a higher rate if hmo hadn't negotiated cheaper rates.
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