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The recently passed federal health care reform law will make significant changes in how health insurance and health care work for consumers, businesses, and local and state governments, as well as how insurers and providers operate. But whether Americans experience improved care, lower costs and greater access depends largely on what happens next. |
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A new report finds that health care reform, while it might cost $1 trillion, could ultimately save the nation $3 trillion, with billions of dollars of benefits for every state in the union, including $54.5 billion in Wisconsin. |
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The new report, The Small Business Dilemma, makes clear that small business owners, like Sam Chehade and Ron Czerwien need health care reform.
Chehade and Czerwien were two of 343 small business owners and managers around the country who took part in a snapshot survey of small businesses by U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups. The result, The Small Business Dilemma, finds that the costs and administrative hassles associated with offering insurance weigh particularly heavily on small businesses.
According to the 14-page report:
• Small businesses value health insurance as a key to business success because it allows them to attract better employees.
• 78% of small business owners surveyed who do not offer coverage would like to do so but face high affordability barriers.
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As Congressional and public debate over health care reform grows more intense, comparative effectiveness research (CER) has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint of controversy. Opponents’
claims that CER results in the rationing of
health care or a government takeover are belied by the true nature of such research: it is simply fundamental scientific research of medical treatments aimed at determining the most effective ways to treat sickness and injury. It is the basis of all advancements in the field of medical science and has been used throughout history to improve medical treatment. The results of such research are used to create treatment guidelines, which are then incorporated by physicians in determining the best course of care for each individual patient. |
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This report examines three important sources of unproductive spending in health care. We conclude with a package of urgently needed reforms which target those causes, improve quality of care, and rein in unnecessary spending. As part of comprehensive health reform, these policies will enable America to emerge from this crisis with a health system that consumers and businesses can afford and families can depend on. |
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Millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans struggle to afford the medicines they need, even forgoing medically necessary drugs when prices are out of reach. When discussing the high cost of prescription drugs, politicians often focus on the financial burden carried by senior citizens. Unfortunately, as this report shows, high prescription drug prices are a problem for Americans of all ages, particularly for the uninsured. |
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