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Three Things You Can Do to Fix Health Care Now

Three Things You Can Do to Fix Health Care Now. Christie Herrera Vice President of Policy Foundation for Government Accountability Presentation before the American Legislative Exchange Council Thursday, November 29, 2012. #1: Reject the Health Insurance Exchange. #2: Don ’ t Expand Medicaid.

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Three Things You Can Do to Fix Health Care Now

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  1. Three Things You Can Doto Fix Health Care Now Christie Herrera Vice President of Policy Foundation for Government Accountability Presentation before the American Legislative Exchange Council Thursday, November 29, 2012

  2. #1: Reject the Health Insurance Exchange

  3. #2: Don’t Expand Medicaid • You can’t afford it. • Federal dollars will likely go away. • Medicaid is already broken. • We’ve haven’t lost the hospitals … yet.

  4. #3: Offer an Alternative • Florida’s Medicaid Reform • “Medicaid Marketplace”: Real choices and accountability • Customized Benefits: Personalized care • Choice Counseling: Education and outreach • Enhanced Benefit Rewards: For healthy living • Medicaid “Opt-Out”: Bridge to private coverage • Outcomes • It’s bipartisan: Started by Jeb; continued by Obama • It’s proven: Florida’s reforms have been in effect since 2006 • Big savings: Florida saves $1 billion/yr.; U.S. saves $64 billion/yr. • More access: Reform patients beat out Old Medicaid and HMOs • Better health: Patients are getting healthier, faster • More states are following Florida’s lead: KS, LA, TX Sources: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration; MSIS Data from U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  5. Contact Us! Christie Herrera Vice President of Policy Foundation for Government Accountability christie@floridafga.org (239) 244-8808

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