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Re: Aetna on colonoscopies: They should be a pain in the ass

Reputation Management — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:58:08 -0000

Health insurance is insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. By estimating the overall risk of health care expenses among a targeted group, an insurer can develop a routine finance structure, such as a monthly premium or payroll tax, to ensure that money is available to pay for the health care benefits specified in the insurance agreement.

Re: Make sure you know your options: Tales from the colonoscopy world

Reputation Management — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:52:58 -0000

The maintenance and promotion of health is achieved through different combination of physical, mental, and social well-being, together sometimes referred to as the “health triangle”.

Re: Make sure you know your options: Tales from the colonoscopy world

Sparrow Toney — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:50:16 -0000

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain (as in “good health” or “healthy”).

Re: ROI for sick care system– its a tough case to make

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Re: Health Reform: Top 5 criteria for a Sustainable Health System

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Re: Health Reform: Top 5 criteria for a Sustainable Health System

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Healthcare can be expensive and may require government intervention. However, in an environment where these subsidies are hidden, subsidy payments tend to be used for many other things to provide the best care for the person.

Re: Predictions on Impact of Health Reform Bill

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Re: Predictions on Impact of Health Reform Bill

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Re: Predictions on Impact of Health Reform Bill

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Re: Predictions on Impact of Health Reform Bill

Modern Beds — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:21:46 -0000

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Re: Predictions on Impact of Health Reform Bill

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Re: Consumer health will change M&A partners: Rumors of Revolution Health + Glam

Becca — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:44:53 -0000

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Re: Health Reform: Top 5 criteria for a Sustainable Health System

SteveBeller — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:21:03 -0000

Good post, Dr. Goel. They are all valuable tactics!

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Re: Health Reform: Top 5 criteria for a Sustainable Health System

Vijay — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:23:17 -0000

Actuarially based insurance would look very different than today's insurance. If its catastrophic only, it would be based on your individualized risk of having a catastrophic incidence and may not cover things like statins, migraines, etc.

If you look at Safeway's model, the approach provides discounts where established risks are being addressed and controlled.

Likely, catastrophic insurance would look similar to auto-- it would have a defined set of criteria that triggered it and everything outside of the insured criteria would be something that would be taken care of outside the insurance model... gas, paint, maintenance, minor dings, driver's education, etc,

This leads to a much more clearly defined insurance product and rate competition over a standard set of features for clear customer segments. On the customer end, this leads to more understandable products and clear/ transparent and narrow products that are much easier to compare.

Re: Health Reform: Top 5 criteria for a Sustainable Health System

alanhp — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:53:19 -0000

Could you provide more detail about what you mean by "Auto insurance has a system where we each pay based on our actuarial risk."

Unlike auto insurance which reflects factors such as the car I drive, the amount I drive, how well or badly I drive, should my health insurance reflect my actuarial risk?

What if I am healthy and develop cancer despite not having any risk factors? Or heart disease?

What about a person newly out of college, trying to get insurance, but who has a history of migraines?

I can't wrap my head around chargin based on risk for factors outside of my control?

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Re: HealthStreaming: What data would you need in your stream to make your health decisions?

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Re: Incentive to Innovate: Giving Health Reform a Rocket Boost

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Re: HealthStreaming: What data would you need in your stream to make your health decisions?

Vijay Goel, M.D. — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:01:37 -0000

I believe that people have plenty of data...what they have very little of is feedback, relevant information, or actionable next steps that make acting on any of their health goals easier.

I'm overweight because of the hours I work trying to improve health. Ironic.

Healthstreaming is about making things useful for me...where my weekly basketball game with friends pops onto my calendar with a reminder so I'm likely to go; where healthy items become my default choice when I look for takeout.

Making health easy is where the innovations are needed...behavior modification is much less practical than healthy defaults...and accomplishes the same thing.

Re: HealthStreaming: What data would you need in your stream to make your health decisions?

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:12:48 -0000

People already have enough "data" and information about their health. We don't need more tests to tell when someone is over weight our out of shape or should stop smoking.

The problem has nothing to do with date or information or even knowledge but with far more complex social and behavioral interventions. Kids in schools for example need healthier meals and sports programs to help stop increased rates of obesity.

Honestly do you think anyone who is fat isn't aware of it or the impact on their health? How many hours in the past week did you exercise?

Did you have the recommended fruits and vegs today? You know what to do and have the data but it is the support to change behavior that we need. We need less research into health IT and far more into how to motivate people to change. Only 20% of health care costs are directly related to life style choices so this is important but not sufficient.