"...(e)xcept it’s health care." From today's New York Times;
Would Dr. Ores' model fit? Let's see...along with keeping my salads free of coughs and germs, it's inexpensive, uncomplicated, timely and easy to implement. Nah. It'll never make it into a national model.
Frankly, I'm surprised he hasn't yet run afoul of New York's Insurance Commissioner for offering a variant on a capitated model without the proper licenses.
Another innovative model here.
"Dr. David Ores is also a physician who runs a nonprofit health care cooperative for city restaurant workers that he sees as a model for how national health care could work.The Takeaway: Think about being given a completely blank slate and no preconditions, with nothing off-limits. How would you create a brand-new health system - affordable, humane, appropriate, accessible?
"Under the plan, he charges each restaurant a dollar each month for every seat in the establishment and pools the money. In return, any employee from those restaurants can visit him free of charge, whether for a cut finger or the flu."
Would Dr. Ores' model fit? Let's see...along with keeping my salads free of coughs and germs, it's inexpensive, uncomplicated, timely and easy to implement. Nah. It'll never make it into a national model.
Frankly, I'm surprised he hasn't yet run afoul of New York's Insurance Commissioner for offering a variant on a capitated model without the proper licenses.
Another innovative model here.
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