For most Americans, purchasing health care services is unlike the buying experiences in other areas of our lives. We pay very little – only about 15 percent – of our health care costs, and generous “all you can eat buffet” insurance plans give us a strong incentive to maximize payouts from insurance providers. But not only are such plans good for individuals, they should be carefully considered as a way to improve the care and reduce costs for Medicaid beneficiaries and government employees.
Public Health Coverage Won’t Save Us—Address the Physician Shortage
For the last four months the news cycle has been buzzing about increases in healthcare.gov enrollment, Medicaid disenrollment eclipsing 20 million Americans, and a renewed click bait “fight” for Medicaid expansion. What do all of these articles have in common? They all end up corralling reform discussions to narrow legislative proposals which fail to address...