very detailed and very emphatic but.... I don't think I agree > (1.) Did she also mention that the federal government contacts with > private insurance to do its administration because private admin costs > are lower?
Not at all. She categorically said Medicaid and Medicare have lower administrative costs. > > > (2.) Admin costs are based on the plan. ok so... why are medicaid's costs lower? > (3.) Admin costs are determined by doctors!! a) based on a patient point of view, doctors who say they will not take a given plan usually cite its pay scale as the reason > > SUMMARY > ------------------- > If there was: > > * only one plan and > * all providers had similar technology to submit claims, and > * there were common clearinghouses to QA claims and reconcile There is a common clearinghouse. it doesnt do QA, but it does store patient data... > Processing would be easy! But there isn't and there isn't because > that's how employers and providers want it. Actually, I have not heard many a) employers or b) providers exclaim that they are so glad we have the medical system we do > Name me a private insurance company who's plans are in the hole by > $30,000,000,000. does not happen --- they raise premiums instead > > Couldn't all industries benefit from government competition? <devils_advocate> couldn't they?</devils_advocate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
