For all the talk about the ACA being a "giveaway to the insurance industry," it actually put some serious regulations on both their practices and profit margins.
Tackling the hospital and drug industries ("providers") will be a much tougher battle.
Tackling the hospital and drug industries ("providers") will be a much tougher battle.
https://twitter.com/larry_levitt/status/1389587862526386177
Part of the problem for battling each of them PR-wise:
--Hospitals: Unlike insurance carriers, which are generally perceived as faceless voices on a phone, at a hospital, you can at least SEE a bunch of expensive equipment & a bunch of trained professionals doing stuff.
--Hospitals: Unlike insurance carriers, which are generally perceived as faceless voices on a phone, at a hospital, you can at least SEE a bunch of expensive equipment & a bunch of trained professionals doing stuff.
--Drug Companies: They've had just as terrible a reputation in the public eye as insurance carriers...but in the COVID age, suddenly they've been given an opening to (rightly or wrongly) play Saviors of the Human Race...AND THEY KNOW IT.
Here's an ad from just this morning:
Here's an ad from just this morning:
The ad above is BS, but PhRMA has grabbed the "We're saving your asses so STFU and pay us whatever we want" ring and is running with it.
They're gonna insist that if #HR3 had been law in 2020 they wouldn't have been able to develop the COVID vaccine, which is nonsense of course.
They're gonna insist that if #HR3 had been law in 2020 they wouldn't have been able to develop the COVID vaccine, which is nonsense of course.
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