Managed care is the disease, not the cure

 

To follow up on a previous post, here's another webinar (last in the series) by Kip Sullivan, this time explaining the pernicious consequences of Medicaid and Medicare privatization.

It is a religious belief among "fiscal conservatives" that the private sector is always and everywhere more efficient than government programs. In some situations, and where there is genuine free market competition, this can be true, but in health care, there is neither the free market competition nor the transparency to permit efficiency. Unless "efficiency" is defined as efficiently converting tax money into private income.

A real "fiscal conservative" would demand accountability from HMOs and other health insurance businesses, to demonstrate--with data--that their business model delivers more efficiency *with the same quality of care* compared to fee-for-service. That accountability is absent, but privatization continues to be forced upon the most vulnerable in society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLJB-f30xM&t=3580s