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Private Companies Tackling Healthcare

There is a lot of negative publicity about companies not providing healthcare coverage but at the heart of the matter is a flawed system. One of the biggest flaws is that people consider health insurance a catch-all to relieve them of responsibility for taking care of themselves proactively. No one would ever expect auto insurance to cover repairs and maintenance.

If everyone were to start to rely on auto insurance to take care of all repairs and maintenance then why bother with the routine stuff like oil changes? The lack of proactive health management on the part of individuals is one of the key causes of high costs.

Some of the largest companies around are seeking to make medical records for their employees readily available online. Their hope is that the information will lead people into thinking more proactively about their health and lower costs.

More information in the Information Week article Get Well Soon

Posted by David Brown on December 30, 2006 11:35 AM|Permalink

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