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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Not law but important - Governor signs executive order on making health care costs accessible
The ILB posted interesting entries Feb. 28th and March 4th on negotiating health care costs, including this quote from a WSJ story: "The growing effort to enlist consumers in reducing health-care costs has been stymied by the fact that most people just don't know what medical care costs."
Today Governor Daniels has published in the Indiana Register Executive Order 07-05, which posits that "the health care system can be transformed to deliver safer, higher-quality care in a more cost-effective manner by empowering consumers with information about the options, price, and quality of the health care available to them." The order sets out a number of steps the State plans to take as a start to making health care costs available to the patient. It concludes:
Over time, the information realized by meeting these goals can be used to improve patient care and enhance the effectiveness of our health care system by increasing the availability of uniform and comparable information with which all stakeholders can make informed decisions. These steps are the foundation for a value-driven health care system that delivers continued progress in medical care and good health for Hoosier employees as well as for all Americans.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 14, 2007 04:30 PM
Posted to General News