Blue Cross Blue Shield Association - Health Care Recomendations
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has released a report entitled The Pathway to Covering America: Ensuring Quality, Value, and Access.
In this report, the BCBSA expresses some of their concerns regarding the state of the health insurance industry as well as some recommendations about how they can be addressed leading to an health care system with improved quality, value and access for all Americans.
The recommendations are broken down into five initiatives:
1) Encourage Research on What Works.
2) Changing Incentives to Promote Better Care.
3) Empower Consumers & Providers
4) Promote Health and Wellness
5) Foster Public-Private Coverage Solutions
The 5th initiative is the one that is most pertinent and directly related to the way the health insurance marketplace works today, and in summary involves health insurance companies creating health coverage options that can address the diverse health care needs of the uninsured population and ensuring that nobody is left without a health care plan due to cost or other reasons.
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