University of Houston Reports Findings in Managed Care (The American Public Health Association Endorses Single-payer Health System Reform Comment): Managed Care

2022 JUN 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on Managed Care are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Houston, Texas, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Health care is a human right. Achieving universal health insurance coverage for all US residents requires significant system-wide reform.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Houston, “The most equitable and cost-effective health care system is a public, single-payer (SP) system. The rapid growth in national health expenditures can be addressed through a system that yields net savings over projected trends by eliminating profit and waste. With universal health insurance coverage through SP financing, providers can focus on optimizing delivery of services, rather than working within a system covered by payers who have incentives to limit costs regardless of benefit. Rather, with a SP, the people act as their own insurer through a partnership with provider organizations where tax dollars work for everyone. Consumer choice is then based on the best care to meet need with no out-of-pocket payments. SP financing is the best option to ensure equity, fairness, and public health priorities align with medical needs, providing incentives for wellness. Consumer choice will drive market forces, not provider network profits or insurer restrictions. This approach benefits public health, as everyone will have universal access to needed care, with treatment plans developed by providers based on what works best for the patient. In 2021, the American Public Health Association adopted a policy statement calling for comprehensive reforms to implement a SP system.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The proposed action steps in this policy will help build a healthier nation, saving lives and reducing wasted health care expenditures while addressing inequities rooted in social, demographic, mental health, economic, and political determinants.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The American Public Health Association Endorses Single-payer Health System Reform Comment. Medical Care, 2022;60(6):397-401. Medical Care can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Medical Care - http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Ben King, University of Houston, College of Medicine, Dept Hlth Syst & Populat Hlth Sci, Houston, TX, United States. Additional authors for this research include Anthony Spadaro, Gordon Schiff, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Alison O. Jordan, Lisa Flaherty, Wei-Chen Lee, Julie Zito and Oliver Fein.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000001722. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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