> Judah wrote: > I explained what I do. It is not what insurance companies do. >
But then you wouldn't know. Here, I'll show you: I think we can agree that there are 4 constituents in the supply chain: patient, provider, administrator, payer. My contention (and the Obama administration's) is that the primary driver of rising health care costs is on the "supply side" or at the provider level and the secondary driver is on the "demand side" or patient. Supply side reasons include: * longer lifespans * increasing technology (MRIs, EEGs, et al) * unnecessary treatments * lack of treatment standards * lack of management standards Demand side reasons include: * lack of transparency * lack of knowledge * no comparison incentive You contend that patient and provider are the top drivers of costs. You contend that administrators and payers are "dinosaurs". So tell me the rising cost drivers on the "admin" side that I'm missing and why you think they outweigh the supply side and demand side costs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:300310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
