tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705432279177203509.post7389105976464597572..comments2024-03-19T04:04:16.798-07:00Comments on Budd's Blog: Health Care Reform - eliminate high deductibles!Buddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893224951099943306noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705432279177203509.post-57436404883489714502010-02-21T19:20:09.002-08:002010-02-21T19:20:09.002-08:00Perhaps I am naive too, but I understand high dedu...Perhaps I am naive too, but I understand high deductibles to be capable of accomplishing something good for health care, namely that they shift some of the risk to the insured and inviting their participation in the negotiations of what is necessary. I understand that in health care there are many complicated decisions that must be made to get to the right prescription for any given malady, but I do believe that patients will get more and more informed over time and can participate more and more in such decisions. The high deductibles bring the customer into the negotiations. As for those who can't afford it, there should be subsidies, but for most people they should be invited to understand their health better and be participants in the decision.Aaron Estishttp://www.estisgroup.comnoreply@blogger.com