Facing our National Health Care Crisis What’s wrong with health care – nationally and here, in our State? Not only does Louisiana rank dead last in many indicators related to health care, so does America when compared to the rest of the industrialized world. In our “New Blueprint for Health Care Reform” we identified “top drivers” of the crisis, including: Our plan converts the “Blueprint” into measurable objectives. Our plan does not impose any mandate on employers to provide group health insurance or pay anything toward group or individual health insurance coverage. The members of LHCA/LBGH wholeheartedly endorse enabling employees to use their own money, pre tax, to purchase coverage or simply pay for the care they need. The minimal requirements of this plan are designed to do that and more.
The LBGH “10 Point Plan for Health Care Reform”
1. E-Prescribing is the standard of practice in Louisiana 2. Portable, uniform Personal Health Records universally used 3. Performance measurement and full transparency to group/facility level 4. Performance measurement and full transparency to practitioner level 5. FSA, HSA or HRA (pre tax plan) offered by employers with10 or more employees 6. Individual accountability for personal health care coverage for everyone 7. State certified and subsidized minimum benefit plan (mandate free) 8. Individual coverage offered by payroll deduction for 25+ employee companies 9. Electronic health records are standard practice for essential transactions 10. Public policy that promotes preventive health and wellness initiatives