Best New Editorial
Opponents of private health insurance often praise Medicare for its low administrative costs. Yet, according to Scott Gottlieb in a WSJ editorial, Medicare has only 20 doctors and 40 clinicians on staff at any one time. To match such private plans as Aetna and United Health, Medicare would need 4,500 clinicians.
Private plans use trained people to determine on a case-by-case basis what products and services should be covered. The result: better care, more personalized service and better access for appeals by patients.
In this morning's Wall Street Journal Letters section, there are a variety of responses to Gottlieb. Not everyone agrees that private plans are better for patients than Medicare.
Here’s an article that shows Medicare denies more claims than private insurers. A hat tip to Jason Shafrin, the blogger who brought it to our attention.