With all the force going on in congress about the healthcare bill, there is a bright spot in the dark cloud. Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor’s Plan to Make Health Care Better to figure out.
Alabama Sen. Mark Pryor’s amendment allows insurance companies to be rated by the public through a web platform where users can log in an rate companies and programs.
Ezra Klein of The Washington Post reports: Backed by a 98 to 0 vote, Sen. Mark Pryor D-Ark. just passed a small amendment that might make a big difference in insurance markets. Pryor’s amendment directs “the Department of Health and Human Services [to] establish, gather and post online consumer feedback about the health care plans offered through the proposed health care exchange.”In other words, the hive mind will now be used to help consumers make better choices about their PPO, not just their next Playstation 3 game. And if insurers don’t offer a good product? Well, let’s just say there will come a day when you’ll see someone describe Aetna as “full of n00bs.” And what a glorious day that will be, my friends.
