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Jim Capretta Discuss Don Berwick and a Premium Support System

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Jim Capretta to discuss a debate he had with Don Berwick, the Supreme Court, and how a premium support system could save billions in healthcare costs.

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What patients pay: Dr. Don Berwick and Jim Capretta debate shifting health care costs
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  • obamney2000

    in premium support , can you opt out and keep the money? Or are you forced to buy a private insurance plan just like obamacare?

    If you can opt out, what stops someone from abstaining from health insurance until they actually get sick?

    • JSobieski

      There is likely a default selection that would be traditional medicare.

  • greyeagle

    The premium support will shift a lot of cost to fragile Seniors, who simply will go without care. A lot of Seniors simply are naive to Insurance, and will likely chose one which will be of no benefit to them. So Paul Ryan’s suggestion I really don’t like. It has not been explained in any great detail. My spouse and I simply can not pay anymore. The cost of insurance plus medications takes all be can afford now. Ryan’s idea would apparently shift considerable cost to Seniors. We would have to not get medication or simply do without care. That is what Obama and his IPAB have planned for us. I thought the Republicans would do better, but I guess not. By the way, I am a Republican. Dr. Berwick is a left wing loon. There is no telling what he dreamed up when he was writing Medicare regulations.