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Obamacare Architect: We’ll Kill Job-Based Health Plans
‘It certainly would’ve been nice if he’d said this before the law passed’
WND
One of President Obama’s key advisers in drafting the health-care legislation that is now law says Obamacare will eventually spell the end of employer-based health plans.
Experts from both sides of the aisle aren’t upset by the idea of removing employers from the health-care equation. However, both sides are also skeptical that Obamacare will have the effect Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel predicts.
Emanuel is quoted in the New York Times saying that a few blue-chip companies will be the tip of the movement but that many other firms will quickly follow suit. In an early March piece for the New Republic, Emanuel explained how the change will happen.
“For the next few years, insurance companies will both continue to provide services to employers and, increasingly, compete against each other in the health insurance exchanges. In that role they will put together networks of physicians and hospitals and other services and set a premium. But because of health-care reform, new actors will force insurance companies to evolve or become extinct,” Emanuel wrote.
“The accountable care organizations (ACOs) and hospital systems will begin competing directly in the exchanges and for exclusive contracts with employers. These new organizations are delivery systems with networks of physicians and hospitals that provide comprehensive care,” he wrote.
Before experts even consider whether this would be a good idea, they’re largely in agreement that Emanuel is wildly optimistic about how this will play out.
Reposted with permission
