Ken Terry of BNet is this biweek’s host of HWR. Ken’s a rookie host but you couldn’t tell from this ed. His compendium is punchy and a fast read.
And an essential one as well.
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The AM model has some definite positives, not the least of which is the minimal role of the Federal government. But, if one of the stated goals of “health care reform” is covering the uninsured, I must be missing how the AM model gets there. True, the affordability issue will help some, but what about those with pre-existing conditions, poor but not Medicaid eligible, and those who can afford health insurance but choose to buy a new Lexus instead?
I like the idea of the affordability model. It will help introduce some market forces into the health industry that don’t currently exist. I still think we need some creative thinking on the uninsured issue. Not a new bureauracray but a way a more finely tuned system can handle the “uninsurable”, those on the economic bubble and those who are irresponsible and leave it to the rest of us to pay for it.