Patrick proposes overhaul of health-insurance payments
By adamg - 2/17/11 - 11:08 am
Blue Mass. Group posts some details of the plan to create new "accountable care organizations" of hospitals and doctors that would manage the overall care of groups of patients, in theory bringing down health-care prices - just like HMOs were supposed to do by managing the overall care of groups of patients.
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Administrative over head isn't free
Sounds like these ACOs will need additional professional level staff (those not providing direct care) to make the system work (or is it game the system?). Let's just nationalize the system and be done with it - while, of course, letting the rich get any care they want and tax the hell out of it.