2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Avg health care spend is $6,125 (working age) and $3,628 (child) but Bernie claims you only pay $466 [View all]R.A. Ganoush
(97 posts)I was referring to your original post about having 6 employees dedicated to billing, sorry if I wasn't clear on that. I still think they would need as many people to process claims through CMS because it doesn't seem to be any more efficiency to their claims processing than private insurance.
Using the examples of other first-world nations, do you know what type of transition to a SP, universal or similar model they've had to go through from their previous systems? Although a worthwhile goal to strive for, I think that for the US to change tack in a similar manner would be a much longer process than most people think.
Certain elements of the ACA implementation have had to be delayed just because the scope was much larger than the legislation anticipated - something of this magnitude (a universal system) will require a much longer strategic implementation and the continued support of the populace beyond the range of election seasons.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing against the idea of putting a better system in place, in fact, I'm all for it - it would make my job a lot easier. I just think most people underestimate the sea change required to accomplish it. We need serious forward-thinking people in charge of this, and like it or not, they're most likely going to have to come with experience from the private sector.