There's a LONG list of health care experts who, interacting with the health care system themselves, find it a nightmare. Each one on that list is an alarm: it's EVEN WORSE for everyone else. Imagine if the people with power listened to the people with the nightmares & expertise.
I've been bookmarking some of these accounts for awhile now-- of physician-researchers, and others well-versed in health care, who nonetheless get mired in the morass of the US health care system, and often suffer for it.
A few years back, physician/researcher @aaronecarroll recounted the doozy of a time he faced navigating the process of refilling Rx for a chronic condition. nyti.ms/1MDr7LD
Physician/researcher @ashishkjha learned a high-deductible plan presents even his family with potentially life-threatening decisions marketplace.org/2017/01/18/hea…
Even @ateevm, a doctor who studies health care cost transparency, had a terrible experience price-shopping for surgery. statnews.com/2017/09/14/pri…
Similarly, health journalist @sarahkliff learned price-shopping for health care isn't as simple or effective as some would suggest. vox.com/2015/10/19/956…
I'll stop there for now, but one wonders: how many of *these* folks--who understand US health care as well as anyone--must recount their challenging, problematic or downright nightmarish health care experiences before policymakers act to make health care work better for us all?
