Reform requires consumer pressure
By Jonathan Gruber | Thursday, September 3, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…As the debate over health reform turns toward cost control, there is a debate brewing between two rival camps. The first camp, generally associated with conservatives, holds that the best way to control costs is through the demand side – through financial incentives for individuals to make cost-conscious medical decisions. This camp calls for an end to the tax subsidy toward generous employer-provided insurance plans or for new tax subsidies toward plans that emphasize enrollee spending (such as Health Savings Accounts). The second camp, generally associated with liberals, holds that consumers are largely irrelevant to a health care cost dynamic that is controlled by medical providers. In their view, the only way to control costs is through increased government regulation of how doctors and hospitals are reimbursed. In fact, both sides in this debate need each other….”…BS
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