Schramm C J
Health Insurance Association of America, Washington, D.C.
Healthc Financ Manage. 1990 Jan;44(1):54, 56, 60-1.
The complexity of problems facing American health care--from extending health benefits to the uninsured to caring for people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome--require cooperative solutions involving providers, insurers, and policy makers. A spokesman for the health insurance industry presents ideas about the future of health care and discusses the role of insurers in meeting the challenges ahead. Among the items on the agenda: further growth of managed care; continued attempts to control costs and utilization; and sharing the burden of risk with consumers.
美国医疗保健面临的问题错综复杂——从将医保福利扩大到未参保人群,到照料后天免疫机能丧失综合症患者——这需要提供者、保险公司和政策制定者共同寻求解决方案。一位医疗保险行业的发言人提出了有关医疗保健未来的想法,并讨论了保险公司在应对未来挑战中所扮演的角色。议程上的事项包括:管理式医疗的进一步发展;持续控制成本和医疗服务利用率的努力;以及与消费者分担风险。