The age of managed care ended and the era of consumer-driven health care began on Wednesday, June 26, 2002. That was the day the IRS ruled that companies all over America now can liberate their employees from the shackles of bureaucratic control over their health coverage and create new health plans with incentives for employees to be partners in decisions about their health spending. … [Read more...] about A New Era
Archives for June 2002
A New Era
The age of managed care ended and the era of consumer-driven health care began on Wednesday, June 26, 2002. That was the day the IRS ruled that companies all over America now can liberate their employees from the shackles of bureaucratic control over their health coverage and create new health plans with incentives for employees to be partners in decisions about their health spending. … [Read more...] about A New Era
What a Week
Prescription drugs dominated the House agenda, as the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees were marking up legislation for a full House vote next week, the American Enterprise Institute held a chilling forum on the next wave of litigation against the industry, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as promised, launched a new effort toward universal coverage. And while all of that was … [Read more...] about What a Week
What a Week!
Prescription drugs dominated the House agenda, as the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees were marking up legislation for a full House vote next week, the American Enterprise Institute held a chilling forum on the next wave of litigation against the industry, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as promised, launched a new effort toward universal coverage. And while all of that was … [Read more...] about What a Week!
What a Week
Prescription drugs dominated the House agenda, as the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees were marking up legislation for a full House vote next week, the American Enterprise Institute held a chilling forum on the next wave of litigation against the industry, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as promised, launched a new effort toward universal coverage. And while all of that was … [Read more...] about What a Week
What a Week!
Prescription drugs dominated the House agenda, as the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees were marking up legislation for a full House vote next week, the American Enterprise Institute held a chilling forum on the next wave of litigation against the industry, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as promised, launched a new effort toward universal coverage. And while all of that was … [Read more...] about What a Week!