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Related: About this forumThe G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That's Hard.
Source: New York Times
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. Thats Hard.
Margot Sanger-Katz SEPT. 21, 2017
In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts agreed that the state should build a system to expand coverage to its uninsured residents.
It took four years before Romneycare was fully up and running.
In between, politicians had to think hard about how they wanted the system to work: how money would be raised and spent, what benefits would be offered, whether and how markets should be used to distribute coverage, whether people who didnt buy coverage should be penalized. They had to build a computer system to help people check their eligibility and understand their options. They had to recruit insurers to participate. And they needed to find uninsured residents and persuade them to enroll.
A new health care bill before the Senate would require every state in the country to make a similar soup-to-nuts evaluation of how theyd like their health care systems to work, to build such a system and be ready to open their doors in substantially less time just over two years. That may not be realistic.
The answer is absolutely no, said Jon Kingsdale, who ran Massachusetts Connector, the system that matched Massachusetts residents with health insurance, and is now a public health professor and a consultant. Thats not enough time for most states to figure it out.
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Margot Sanger-Katz SEPT. 21, 2017
In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts agreed that the state should build a system to expand coverage to its uninsured residents.
It took four years before Romneycare was fully up and running.
In between, politicians had to think hard about how they wanted the system to work: how money would be raised and spent, what benefits would be offered, whether and how markets should be used to distribute coverage, whether people who didnt buy coverage should be penalized. They had to build a computer system to help people check their eligibility and understand their options. They had to recruit insurers to participate. And they needed to find uninsured residents and persuade them to enroll.
A new health care bill before the Senate would require every state in the country to make a similar soup-to-nuts evaluation of how theyd like their health care systems to work, to build such a system and be ready to open their doors in substantially less time just over two years. That may not be realistic.
The answer is absolutely no, said Jon Kingsdale, who ran Massachusetts Connector, the system that matched Massachusetts residents with health insurance, and is now a public health professor and a consultant. Thats not enough time for most states to figure it out.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/upshot/the-gop-bill-forces-states-to-build-health-systems-from-scratch-thats-hard.html
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The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That's Hard. (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2017
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Turbineguy
(37,392 posts)1. And expensive.
"Keep the gubmint outta my Medicare!"
procon
(15,805 posts)2. All those red states that refused Medicaid expansion and the
36 states did not set up their own marketplaces have no fallback plans to implement any sort of state run health system. That means they'll look to privatise healthcare and let the insurance industry set up any program they can get away with that rakes in higher profits while undercutting spending on patient care.