These stories come from the real people who live with a broken health care system. Some have health insurance and some do not. Many of these stories suggest potential solutions* that lead to quality, affordable health care we can count on. One thing we all agree on is that the we cannot trust the insurance industry to fix themselves. To learn more about what Health Care for America Now stands for read our Statement of Common Purpose.
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Helen
Roswell, GA
Having worked in health care administration for years, I am aware of how much money is spent on non-direct health care expenses, such as processing claims and programming and purchasing billing systems. It's outrageous and frustrating. Additionally, these administrative issues affect the delivery of health care, in that health care providers must be "trained" and retrained in how to complete billing paperwork as new rules are implemented by the payers, and as systems are changed and upgraded.
I feel very strongly that there should be only one system for processing and submitting claims that all payers should be forced to adopt. The payers should not be allowed to continually change the payment rules (i.e., forms, formats, field lengths, codes, etc.) in order to confuse the providers and those who are insured.
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