> Sam wrote: > Is that supposed to be different than einsurance.com > or an of the dozens like it? >
It has little to do with insurance. The concept is to create a marketplace for healthcare and to be a next step from the Bush administration's move to start publishing performance data on hospitals. Right now, the way our current system works, doctor's get paid if you're sick but pay no penalty for poor care. To make matters worse, this screwed up system exponentially increases administrative costs every year and makes preventitive care just as expensive as necessary care so consumers aren't incented to go. And consumers have no way to evaluate healthcare providers so that they can find a doctor that's right for them. Add it all up and you have a system spiraling towards implosion while providing less and less care. Bush took the first step in stopping the madness by publishing performance data on hospitals nationally. Now you can decided which hospitals are providing better care which incents poorly performing hospitals to fix their problems or close. Carol.com is the next step by rolling out info about healthcare providers. In the exact same way that deregulation dropped airfare to rockbottom prices, consumer driven healthcare will drive down costs and increase quality. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248653 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
