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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: John Koligman who wrote (8427)	8/19/2009 1:34:45 PM
From: TimF	of 42652

“Under health insurance reform, insurance plans will be required to give consumers much more information about what is covered and what is not. That can be good, but I suspect that many people are already overwhelmed by information and don't even read all the fine print that's already available to them. Clearly, quickly, and correctly answering questions about costs and coverage might be a lot more useful than a big document with all the details, OTOH its harder to effectively regulate. “Providers have no interest in disclosing what their actual price is,” said Ventura’s founder, Dr. Giovanni Colella, a San Francisco doctor and businessman. Dr. Colella added that the issue of varying prices was not just a problem for patients but also for insurers who negotiate with doctors and hospitals. “There is the retail price and the negotiated price, and the negotiated price stays secret,” Dr. Colella said. And the negotiated price — the amount doctors agree to accept from insurers — can vary enormously If we are going to have regulation of these prices, I'd rather have regulation about disclosure than price limits.

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