Inside the Transition: Health Care
April 6th, 2009 | by health |ChangeDotGov asked:
We sat in on a meeting of the Transition’s Health Policy Team to introduce you to some of the team’s members and give you a feel for how they make decisions — and Senator Tom Daschle, the leader of the team, sat down to tell us how he plans to tackle health care.
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25 Responses to “Inside the Transition: Health Care”
By SheLuvsHerIpod on Apr 7, 2009 | Reply
I get your point about salaries contributing to the cost of health care but do you also consider the contributions of the insurance & pharmaceutical companies? Michelle Obama has no influence in either industry so forfeiting her salary benefits no one, especially not well educated, church going, private citizen Michelle. Why in the world should 5 migraine pills cost over $100? Why does a small business owner pay so much for insurance he can’t afford the deductible it costs to be sick?
By clearvision12 on Apr 10, 2009 | Reply
Obama’s superlative management skills, to wit his superbly-run campaign & against-all-odds victory, combined with his tireless energy & first-class mind, make a break-through on health likely, if not a certainty. You Americans are lucky to ahve such a gifted man at the helm.
By TheocracyNow on Apr 10, 2009 | Reply
Michelle Obama was making over $300,000 a year working at the Hospital in 2006, how will healthcare costs go down when people like Michelle Obama are raking in the cash off the backs of sick people ???
By joelcharder on Apr 13, 2009 | Reply
For effective HIT implementation, require electronic medical record vendors that receive federal funding to have physician on-staff to evaluate workflow impact and streamline implementation.
I like the idea of a healthcore that focuses on the National Partner Priority initiatives. Major bonus points if this tackles disparities in healthcare.
By PatsBlog on Apr 16, 2009 | Reply
The government has done such a stellar job with social security, Medicare, and the mortgage business, let’s have them manage health care too! In fact, why don’t I just work for the government. I wish there was a way that I could get the government to take care of all my needs like food, education, entertainment, retirement, medical, housing, and transportation. I’ll work on the infrastructure and in return the government can provide all of my needs! Who needs money?
By junela123 on Apr 18, 2009 | Reply
Cutpremium paid to private insurers for the medicare plus programs. As I understand the amount was $795 monthly in 2008.Far more than competive bidding. The donut hole,non-bid prescriptions is a hoax. There should be means testing and duplication of Medicare/VA etc. benefits stopped. Perhaps Ross Perot who reportedly did such an outstanding job in low cost claims processing might give some great advice. I am excited about your appointment to this post. Please don’t disappoint us.
By littlerocken on Apr 21, 2009 | Reply
Population: 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.) x $20 = $6,076,492,800 a month
$6,076,492,800 a month x 12 months = $72,917,913,600
If everyone paid $20 a month health care would be affordable. An average household is approx. 4-6 family members this means for a family of six the cost would only be $120
Make all hospitals government agencies and make doctors, nurses and hospital employees state employees.
Insurance companies can do special types of insurance for lipo, etc. Very simple!
By gramda1974 on Apr 21, 2009 | Reply
Do catastrophic health care first, that would lower health care insurance premiums. Let’s say the government was to cover expenses over $100,000 then you would support from the doctors, hospitals and insurance companies. How much would it cost a family with a $5,000 deductible to cover them to $100,000? I think companies and individuals could afford that payment.
By C100WA on Apr 23, 2009 | Reply
BUSH FAILED AT OPERATING AN OUTHOUSE
By sammvoyager on Apr 25, 2009 | Reply
Biggest bunch of losers I’ve ever seen. From each according to his abilities, To each according to his needs. Karl Marx. The Revolution is coming.
By timothymorton303 on Apr 26, 2009 | Reply
If you want to see a Kafkaesque, Byzantine bureaucracy at work, just let’s stick with the system we’ve got in the US today. Take it from an ex-UK citizen (now US, lived here 16 years) who grew up on the choose-your-doctor, free at the point of service, free drugs (before Thatcher) NHS.
By Elgiasgirls on Apr 28, 2009 | Reply
If we could fix our healthcare system, wouldn’t we put more people to work? A smaller ratio of care worker to patient would support employment and provide better care to people.
Also,please consider preventive care as well. It seems as though prevention is often left out of the conversation and yet it is less costly to prevent illness than to heal/cure or manage it.
By IloveJesusYesId0 on Apr 30, 2009 | Reply
Yeah, change this world for the better, don’t make the people force you as in every other change for the good that’s happened in all of human history. This time those in charge should lead us along a rational and righteous path, without the religious overtones..
Let’s show the good side of the human mind for once..
peace, love…
By IloveJesusYesId0 on May 3, 2009 | Reply
That doesn’t mean they know How to fix it though…
By charlessmyth on May 6, 2009 | Reply
This appears to be decision making by focus group, as per the broader input from the Internet to increase the sample size. The most likely outcome is that Americans want the world’s best healthcare system, provided by government fiat, at someone else’s expense. Not entirely unreasonable, when so-called developing countries get to enjoy some of such an outcome at the expense of Americans. The analogy is: America must sacrifice its infrastructure so that it can be built in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By d2tminc on May 8, 2009 | Reply
Let Nike and the NFL,NBA and Coke advertise on medical cards bottles etc just like some MasterCard’s and bank cards to bring the cost of healthcare down even local small businesses.
By a1d2h on May 9, 2009 | Reply
They will need all the preparation they can get.
By pa6xylly on May 13, 2009 | Reply
here’s hoping!
(and please don’t leave the academic world out of these conversations.)
By mauleriscool on May 16, 2009 | Reply
Those red glasses stick out
By antdog1991 on May 18, 2009 | Reply
2 questions
#1 How many doctors will be sit at that table discussing health care? Primary care doctor have to be at the forefront of any realistic health care policies.
#2 Is the internet the best resource for gathering vital information needed? The main recipients of health care is the elderly. They have many story but the internet may be too new and intimidating. I had heard horror story of Medicare plan D’s “Doughnut hole” but the people I hear from are elderly who rarely use the internet.
By 2004JETTA on May 19, 2009 | Reply
GO OBAMA and Daschle
By tbspin on May 22, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for the update.
By kd1s on May 23, 2009 | Reply
Here’s my idea, how about universal health insurance. Of course I know that will never happen since the insurance industry is too entrenched.
So nationalize the medical system. I think it would be beneficial to the U.S. to do so.
By aydosmith on May 25, 2009 | Reply
keep this up….
By chairde on May 28, 2009 | Reply
A good transition is an indication of the quality of the administration.