Consumers know time right for market-based healthcare reform

Heartland Institute
Posted: August 25th, 2008 by Steve Trinward
Author: Grace-Marie Turner

“Consumers, not just in the United States but in all developed countries, are demanding a much greater role in decisions involving their healthcare. People can find on the Internet a wealth of information about diseases, diagnoses, and treatment options, but all too often they must fight bureaucracies and paperwork all along the way. Studies have shown outcomes improve if people are given the tools, information and incentive to manage their own healthcare. … We need a system that allows people to have health insurance that is portable, that they can own and control, and that they, and not a politician or a human resources department, decide is right for them and their families.” [editor’s note: Amen! If we ran this before, it is well worth a reprise! - SAT] (07/01/08)

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