Do you believe the White House and the healthcare industry can
work together to cut heathcare costs by $2 trillion in the next 10
years?
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
“Do you believe the White House and the healthcare industry can work together to cut heathcare costs by $2 trillion in the next 10 years?” Yes: 11 No: 0
? Karen Anderson: “Yes. The healthcare industry is scared to death of socialized medicine. Now to bring the trial lawyers to the party.”
? Chris Bryant: “Finally the involved parties are sitting down to discuss practical changes rather than having ill thought out restrictions imposed under the guise of healthcare reform.”
? David Cohen: “Yes. I think the White House and the health care industry can work together. No. I do not think $2 trillion is practical. It’s a good target, but not one that will be hit.” n Dennis Kennedy: “Yes! Our healthcare system is dysfunctional. And the healthcare industry knows it. The public will not accept more of the same mistreatment by totally profit motivated medical service and pharmaceutical providers.”
? Julian Mancias: “Yes. Bringing the health care industry leaders to the White House and getting a commitment from them to reduce the cost was a monumental first step in achieving the goal of cutting healthcare costs.”
? Linda McNulty: “Yes, I believe they can. The UK has a great system that is economically sound.”
? Henry Miller: “Yes! The healthcare industry wants it. The insurance industry wants it. Most Americans want it. The President wants it. The majority of the Congress wants it. If it doesn’t happen, we’ll know where to place the blame.”
? Lisa Pampuch: “Yes, but it’s only a start – although an important one. We also need reform to remove pre-existing condition clauses and the current system’s flaw in which health insurance is tied to employment. Both of these factors trap employees in jobs and discourage entrepreneurship.
? John Quick: “Yes I believe they can. That will be the easy part. Getting the government and private health care talking to one another may then open the door to real healthcare reform. I am hopeful this will be something similar to the Canadian model, where twice as many people (on a percentage basis) are happy and satisfied with their healthcare as in the U.S.”
? Emily Shem-Tov: “I hope so – certainly many players previously unwilling to work towards reform seem to be coming together to make this pledge and drastic reform is definitely needed.”
? Steve Staloch: “Yes. It’s in the best interest of all entities but must include tort reform limiting health-related jury awards.”
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