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To: ahhaha who wrote (8082)	4/18/2006 2:19:43 AM
From: Lhn5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

<<The demand remains fairly constant. Therefore the rise in healthcare cost isn't due to extra demand caused by cost indifferent rich corporations, but from some factor outside of corporate demand.>> I agree. I meant that the cost of healthcare has been rising much faster than the rate of inflation for quite a long time. This benefit costs corporations a larger and larger percentage of its total expenditures as time has passed. <<How can a company sell the quality of its healthcare program? That is, how does a prospective employee assess a claim made by a prospective employer about the employer's health care provider's quality? How many prospective employees will or can investigate such a care provider?>> I agree. But what a prospective employee can find out about and would be interested in is if an HMO is required, what the copays and pharmacy costs would be. So not quality of care, but how much of the percentage of total health care costs would fall to the employee, and how much choice would be available. <<So what has been accomplished? Risk management.>> Perhaps but at higher end cost to...not the end user, but the 'end payer', most often a corporation, or the US Government. <<) A committee exists to rubber stamp appropriate care. The committee doesn't believe that. Why do you?>> I am not sure that the committee cares. The committee gets a paycheck for sitting there and they can have coffee and doughnuts and talk instead of having to try to cure sick patients...what's harder? Regarding the rubber stamp accusation, a committee chair once said..."I know...I know...but we have to do it. The insurance companies expect it" About 25 years ago, NY State decided that any medicaid patient having prostate surgery needed a questionaire filled out by their doctor.before it would be approved. A year and a half later...99.5%........well maybe not that exact number, but the program was cancelled that quickly. <<2) Care is delayed. Patients lose more time from work. Diseases progress and the ultimate care needed is more costly than if provided in a more timely manner. Do you accept your company's health care coverage?>> Where in the world does that question come from? Why? Well here is the answer: My company lets me pick any coverage I want. (It is a pretty small company)