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Sep24
Survey Says Health Care Providers Should Publish Cost & Quality Info
The United Benefit Advisors (UBA) has released the results of a survey of 1,094 U.S. employers according to nationalunderwriter.com.  The results show that “Benefits buyers say the federal government should require health care providers to publish cost and quality information – and insurers to publish actual discounted health care prices.” 

Here are the results from the study:

  • 13% of the survey participants disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement, “We should provide health care benefits to our employees and dependents.”
  • 11.5% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “Employees should bear the bulk of future health care cost increases.”
  • 81% agreed that the most obvious change in the future will be that, “Costs will shift more to employees.”
  • 28% of the participants said the federal government should respond to health coverage problems by setting up a universal, taxpayer-funded health care system.
  • 31% of the participants said they want to limit the ability of the state and federal government to create benefits mandates.
  • 86% of participants want the federal government to mandate quality reporting by hospitals and physicians.
  • 78% want the federal government to require doctors and hospitals to publicly disclose prices.
  • 76% want insurers to publicly disclose actual discounted prices paid to providers.

Sounds like its about time this country creates a universal health plan for everyone so employers can be unburdened and everyone will be covered. 

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