Sick Insurance: Making Private Health Insurance Markets Work for Patients and Providers
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Channel: USC · 2011 · Education
Visit USC on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/USC/ Learn more about the University of Southern California: https://www.usc.edu The USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics hosted a conference Oct. 22, 2010, titled, "Health Reform and the Economy: Are They Good for Each Other?" Conference panels examined critical reform issues related to reducing costs, improving quality, ensuring innovation and changing health care delivery. The assembly of renowned speakers from government, academia and industry presented different views -- some were concerned that health reform will not control costs, while others believed that incentives in the new health law for more robust information technology and provider payment reform will begin to bend the cost curve. In the panel titled New Rules: Will They Chill Innovation? panelists Darius Lakdawalla, Daniel McFadden (presentation: "Sick Insurance: Making Private Health Insurance Markets Work for Patients and Providers"), Kevin Sharer and Micah Weinberg explored whether health reform will reduce market incentives for pharma and device makers to develop new technology due to potential impacts on profits. It was acknowledged that technology is a major cost driver but also that higher prices support innovation that benefits future patients. In addition, opportunities remain because of unmet need, an aging population, the fact that innovation is valued and global markets. Learn more about the University of Southern California: http://www.usc.edu Learn more about the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics: http://healthpolicy.usc.edu/
