The United States could reduce total healthcare spending and improve the quality of patient care if the plan proposed May 29 by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) was implemented, say analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers. They reviewed AHIP’s proposals and estimates and concluded that if these proposals are fully implemented, the nation’s total healthcare expenditures could be $145 billion lower than currently projected by the year 2015.
The AHIP proposal would cover every American through a public-private, federal-state approach. In December 2007, AHIP’s board released a proposal to guarantee access to healthcare coverage in the individual market and announced support for third-party review of rescission decisions and their commitment to limiting pre-existing condition exclusions.
“The nation faces complex healthcare challenges and only an integrated strategy that addresses costs, quality, and access will bend the cost curve and allow the country to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable health care,” said Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of AHIP. Download the proposal.
