back of the napkin ppt
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Napkin #1
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Health care in America is a business
governed by a simple equation:
I get sick. My Doc fixes me. My Doc gets paid.
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In the last several years there’s been a shift
in the equation:
Insurance jumped in between me and my doctor.
Insurance now rations my treatment and health costs.
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That happened because health care is
really two different businesses:
There’s the business
of providing health…
… and then there’s
the business of
providing payment.
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I’m in the middle.
Me, my health, and my money
sit in between these two businesses.
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When I’m healthy, insurance loves me:
I pay premiums that insurance collects, and
they don’t have to pay anything back.
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When I’m sick, providers love me:
Through my insurance, I pay Doctors, hospitals,
and pharma for their products and services.
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These two businesses hate each other.
(Ultimately, I’m the only source of money for both.)
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They have conflicting interests and fight
over my money. (It’s a zero-sum game.)
Providers like to prescribe
new and expensive
treatments to keep money
flowing in.
Insurers charge more
(and allow less) to keep
money flowing in.
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As the providers and insurers fight, my
costs keep going up. (Bankrupting me and my employer.*)
I’m the only one adding money INTO the
equation, so I get squeezed.*more on this later.
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Now government steps into the picture:
Government is
worried: people and
businesses are both
too squeezed.
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Government thinks most of the changes
are on the insurance side:
Almost all legislation being debated
impacts the insurance side of the equation.
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Next napkin:
What health care
reform is really about.
(It isn’t health care.)
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Remember how all the reforms are
focused on the insurance side?
All the big changes the White House is demanding are
directed towards the private insurance companies.
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The White House should call it what it is:
If the White House wins, it will be the private insurance
companies sitting on the outside looking in.
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Is that fair?
The only value private insurers bring to the
equation is to keep costs down for members.
(And pay shareholders. Remember: this is a business.)
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Is that fair? YES. Without a doubt.
Private insurers have failed miserably at keeping costs down.
If they can’t manage member costs, why do they exist?
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Private insurers had a remarkably
profitable 2008. (Yes, in the recession.)
2008: Detroit dies. Wall Street tanks. 9.5% unemployed.
Private insurance does just fine.
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Is anybody else being asked to reform?
Yes, but not so much:
Providers:
Be more efficient.
Order fewer procedures.
Revamp malpractice. (how?)
(Pharma is being asked to
pay an $80 billion gift.)
Me:
Take better care of myself.
Try not to get sick.
Don’t get fired. (Ha!)
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In the end, who will pay for any reform?
Me.
Assuming I’m presently employed and covered,
I’m the only player putting money into the system.
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And where will the money I pay go?
(There are 3 possibilities.)
1. Increase
profits for
Private Insurers.
2. Fund new
non-profit
insurance
exchanges.
3. Fund a new
government
insurance plan (no
profit allowed).
Yes, it is that simple.
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Next napkin:
What plans are really
on the table?
(And what is just hype?)
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Today, we have a purely business-driven
insurance model.
Today, health care in America is a profit-
oriented business where costs are mainly
controlled by restrictive private insurers.
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There are 3 options on the table:
#1 is a less restrictive private model.
The first option is less restrictive private insurance.
Everyone must be covered by a private plan, and no one
may be excluded because of pre-existing conditions.
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#2 is private insurance (like today) in
competition with “co-ops”.
Restrictive private insurance remains for those who
want it. Others must buy insurance through private,
non-profit co-ops (or ‘exchanges’).
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#3 is private insurance competing with
government-managed insurance.
Restrictive private insurance remains for those who want
it. Others must buy insurance through a government
managed program. (Like a really big Medicare.)
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Who is behind each?
The White House
wanted this, but now
knows it won’t get it.
The conservatives didn’t
want any change, but they
know change is coming.
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Which bills promote which?
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The private insurance industry doesn’t like
any of these options (for good reason).
Insuring everyone
means insurers’
costs go up.
Competing with
co-ops means loss
of customers who
can pay.
Government
prices will
undercut private
prices.
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Insurance sees the first option as the least bad*, so
they’ve poured money into sinking the others.
* Then again, if
they play this
right, they could
make $trillions!
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Business and politics aside,
what do the options mean to
me?
Coming on the 4th napkin:
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Quick review: 3 insurance options are on
the table:
All 3 require universal coverage for all citizens.
The difference is the amount of government-backed coverage.
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Note: when the debate started, there was
a 4th, all-government option.
Reps. Conyers (D-MI) and
Kucinich (D-OH) proposed
H.R. 676, an all-government
national health insurance plan.
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This “single-payer” option has been
removed from the debate.
The White House has pulled support.
H.R. 676 is effectively dead.
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At the end of the day, what
do the 3 options mean to me?
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1) If I’m presently employed and insured,
all options will cost me more.
Higher premiums
as private insurers’
costs rise to cover
more people.
Indirect taxes
through loss of
untaxed
insurance benefit.
Direct taxes.
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So why reform? Because if we do nothing,
it’s going to cost even more.
People concerned that reforms will bankrupt the USA need
to recognize that health costs are already bankrupting us.
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The additional costs are unknown. All I can
choose is how my money will be taken
from my pocket.
I’ll pay higher
private insurance
premiums.
I’ll lose a presently
untaxed employment
benefit.
I’ll pay more
direct taxes.
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2) A key issue to debate is whether I will
pay directly or through my employer.
Switching the tax benefit to a tax credit will give the government an
additional $250 Billion per year with no impact on my compensation.
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3) In all cases, my actual health will at least
not get worse.
All plans let me
keep my existing
coverage.
All plans let me
keep my existing
providers.
All plans will help
more people be
covered.
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Although today’s debate is really insurance
reform, there are issues on the other side:
Although they’re not core to today’s insurance debate, we
need to address cost-cutting options on the provider side.
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In the end, how we each decide to support
reform will be guided by 3 questions:
Should health be
a profit-driven
business?
Change is coming;
how do I want to
pay for it?
Will I be better
off shouting or
thinking?
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