Re:Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S.
by amerika_blog on Monday July 29, 2013 @07:23AM
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> If you want to incentivize outcomes and efficiency, fee-for-outcome is and obvious option.
When I write a contract, there are often two prices: a minimum which is stingy and a bonus which is far from it.
The point is to say that if you do the minimum for this contract, you get a certain amount; if you excel, you get paid for that excellence.
Translated to health care, I think I'd like to see doctors doing less paperwork and more doctoring. It's not perfect, but I trust competition to pay that excellence price to those who deserve it.
That in turn means that if I need some kind of crucial care, I know where it can be found. If the system is over-regulated, that is not so.
When I write a contract, there are often two prices: a minimum which is stingy and a bonus which is far from it.
The point is to say that if you do the minimum for this contract, you get a certain amount; if you excel, you get paid for that excellence.
Translated to health care, I think I'd like to see doctors doing less paperwork and more doctoring. It's not perfect, but I trust competition to pay that excellence price to those who deserve it.
That in turn means that if I need some kind of crucial care, I know where it can be found. If the system is over-regulated, that is not so.