如果你想要一些能真正帮助患者的“创可贴式方案”,可以考虑以下几点: 1. 所有自付额阶段(deductible phase)的品牌药购买,都应按扣除回扣与费用后的净价(net price)来计价——不仅限于《平价医疗法案》(ACA)下的计划,而是适用于所有保险计划。 👉 这样可以让患者每年节省数百亿美元。 2. 要求保险公司所拥有的医疗服务提供商之间的内部转账,必须按Medicare(联邦医疗保险)标准价格计算。 👉 这能防止保险公司通过内部计价“玩弄”医疗损失率(MLR, Medical Loss Ratio)的漏洞。 3. 与其给每个人发放健康储蓄账户(HSA)资金,不如: 与医疗服务提供商合作,保证替患者支付所有自付额(deductibles),前提是他们对 ACA 计划患者的收费不超过 Medicare 费率。 👉 这样可以: * 减少医院坏账; * 消除 ACA 患者的医疗债务; * 让 ACA 保险计划更健康,因为患者不再因付不起自付额而放弃就医。 如果这一模式的数字运作可行,可以扩展至所有无保险人群的医疗服务,并通过收入测试与再保险上限(reinsurance cap)控制风险。 👉 这将彻底改变保险行业的运行逻辑。 4. 在全国范围内强制规定:任何现金支付的医疗消费都必须计入患者的自付额。 👉 这样可鼓励价格透明化与竞争,让患者能比价购物。 5. 建立一个全国性的药品回扣集团采购组织(GPO),所有州默认参与,由其统一为品牌药和特种药谈判回扣。 这些方案都不是完美的,只是概括性方向, 但你可以看出——它们指向一种更直接减轻患者负担、限制保险公司和药企利益操控的改革路径。 If you want some bandaids that help patients 1. Make all deductible phase brand drug purchases be priced at net, after rebate and fees. Not just for ACA, for everyone in every plan. This will save patients 10s of billions 2. Require inter company transfers from owned providers be at Medicare rates. Ends gaming MLRs 3. Rather than giving money to everyone for their HSA, work with providers to guarantee payments for all deductibles, if they charge Medicare rates for ACA plans. This reduces provider bad debt, ends medical debt for patients under the ACA , and makes ACA plans pay more because patients don’t avoid care because of they can’t afford deductibles. If the numbers work , expand this for all care provided to the uninsured. Means test repayments with a reinsurance cap This changes the game for insurance 4. Mandate Nationally, that any cash purchases have to be applied to deductibles. This allows for competitive price shopping. 5. Create a national rebate GPO that all states participate in by default that negotiates rebates for brand and specialty drugs. These aren’t perfect and are generalized. But you get the direction it can go

Mark CubanEntrepreneur & Investor

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如果你想要一些能真正帮助患者的“创可贴式方案”,可以考虑以下几点:

  1. 所有自付额阶段(deductible phase)的品牌药购买,都应按扣除回扣与费用后的净价(net price)来计价——不仅限于《平价医疗法案》(ACA)下的计划,而是适用于所有保险计划。

👉 这样可以让患者每年节省数百亿美元。

  1. 要求保险公司所拥有的医疗服务提供商之间的内部转账,必须按Medicare(联邦医疗保险)标准价格计算。

👉 这能防止保险公司通过内部计价“玩弄”医疗损失率(MLR, Medical Loss Ratio)的漏洞。

  1. 与其给每个人发放健康储蓄账户(HSA)资金,不如:

与医疗服务提供商合作,保证替患者支付所有自付额(deductibles),前提是他们对 ACA 计划患者的收费不超过 Medicare 费率。

👉 这样可以:

  • 减少医院坏账;
  • 消除 ACA 患者的医疗债务;
  • 让 ACA 保险计划更健康,因为患者不再因付不起自付额而放弃就医。

如果这一模式的数字运作可行,可以扩展至所有无保险人群的医疗服务,并通过收入测试与再保险上限(reinsurance cap)控制风险。

👉 这将彻底改变保险行业的运行逻辑。

  1. 在全国范围内强制规定:任何现金支付的医疗消费都必须计入患者的自付额。

👉 这样可鼓励价格透明化与竞争,让患者能比价购物。

  1. 建立一个全国性的药品回扣集团采购组织(GPO),所有州默认参与,由其统一为品牌药和特种药谈判回扣。

这些方案都不是完美的,只是概括性方向,

但你可以看出——它们指向一种更直接减轻患者负担、限制保险公司和药企利益操控的改革路径。

If you want some bandaids that help patients

  1. Make all deductible phase brand drug purchases be priced at net, after rebate and fees. Not just for ACA, for everyone in every plan. This will save patients 10s of billions
  1. Require inter company transfers from owned providers be at Medicare rates. Ends gaming MLRs
  1. Rather than giving money to everyone for their HSA, work with providers to guarantee payments for all deductibles, if they charge Medicare rates for ACA plans. This reduces provider bad debt, ends medical debt for patients under the ACA , and makes ACA plans pay more because patients don’t avoid care because of they can’t afford deductibles.

If the numbers work , expand this for all care provided to the uninsured. Means test repayments with a reinsurance cap

This changes the game for insurance

  1. Mandate Nationally, that any cash purchases have to be applied to deductibles. This allows for competitive price shopping.
  1. Create a national rebate GPO that all states participate in by default that negotiates rebates for brand and specialty drugs.

These aren’t perfect and are generalized. But you get the direction it can go

Founder

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