We’re going to reduce healthcare costs by $1.7 trillion over the next 10 years, says a group of major industry leaders. It sounds like a dream – everyone (hospitals, doctors, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, labor unions, insurers) is finally coming together to play nice in the sandbox for the good of the nation and its healthcare system. But will it really come to fruition? I’m a bit hesitant to believe that it will be that easy.
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal describes the division in healthcare idealism: the idealistic desire to provide every American with health coverage and the practical awareness of how to pay for it.