New Trump Options for Escaping ACA
Can Lower Cost of Care, Not Just Cost of Coverage, States the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The Department of Labor has
finalized a rule allowing more
options outside of the failing and
exorbitantly priced “Affordable Care Act”
plans for some 15 million Americans who
are self-employed, their 25 million employees,
and millions more family members.
AHPs are about more choice, more access, and more coverage.
– Alexander Acosta,
Department of Labor Secretary
To maximize the impact AHPs can have on lowering costs, the plans should shun arrangements with big insurance, and self-fund instead.
– Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons (AAPS)
Cutting out the middlemen from the patient-doctor relationship means dollars are more likely to be spent on actual care instead of, for example, preauthorizations, utilization review, appealing claims denials, and administrative tasks imposed by third-party payers.
Transparent pricing would also
reveal the $200 billion per year leak
that goes into the pockets of
helpful-sounding entities like group
purchasing organizations (GPOs)
and pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs).
AAPS is calling for additional action to amplify the ability of participants in AHPs and other consumer-directed options to contract directly with the doctors of their choice.
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in all specialties, founded in 1943.