The original idea behind OutofPocket.com was
to build a platform that would enable consumers to collaborate. Consumers
would use OutofPocket to post/share prices they paid for actual health care services. This
collaborative effort over time would result in a very powerful directory of true prices
that consumers could use to find the best value and make the most of their health
care dollars.
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If enough consumers start shopping around
for the best value (quality and price), providers would start competing for our attention
and good things would result. Competition
and choice will:
· Lower
costs of health care services
· Promote
innovation
· Expand
choice
· Increase
access to medical care
· Improve
patient care
My challenge is getting people to participate
in OutofPocket.com and start posting/sharing prices. People
respond to incentives. Perhaps exposing
health care prices and helping to create more competition and choice in the health
care industry is not enough of an incentive. If
you give people more of a reason to do something, they will do more of it, and if
you make it easier for people to do more of something they are already inclined to
do, they will also do more of it. Today
health care costs are spiraling out of control; we have more than 47 million people
that are uninsured and over 12 million people with consumer-driven health plans. These
combined 59 million Americans have every reason to make the most of their health care
dollars and find the best value. These
people are financially rewarded if they make their health care dollars go further. If
I knew I could save myself $500 by shopping around for an affordable MRI in my neighborhood,
I certainly would be financially motivated to take advantage of this savings.
If you know of one of these 59 million people
– please let them know about OutofPocket.com. Or
even better, drop me a noteinfo@outofpocket.comto
let me know how I can help.
Be Healthy,
Mona Lori
The original idea behind OutofPocket.com was to build a platform that would enable consumers to collaborate. Consumers would use OutofPocket to post/share prices they paid for actual health care services. This collaborative effort over time would result in a very powerful directory of true prices that consumers could use to find the best value and make the most of their health care dollars.
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If enough consumers start shopping around for the best value (quality and price), providers would start competing for our attention and good things would result. Competition and choice will:
· Lower costs of health care services
· Promote innovation
· Expand choice
· Increase access to medical care
· Improve patient care
My challenge is getting people to participate in OutofPocket.com and start posting/sharing prices. People respond to incentives. Perhaps exposing health care prices and helping to create more competition and choice in the health care industry is not enough of an incentive. If you give people more of a reason to do something, they will do more of it, and if you make it easier for people to do more of something they are already inclined to do, they will also do more of it. Today health care costs are spiraling out of control; we have more than 47 million people that are uninsured and over 12 million people with consumer-driven health plans. These combined 59 million Americans have every reason to make the most of their health care dollars and find the best value. These people are financially rewarded if they make their health care dollars go further. If I knew I could save myself $500 by shopping around for an affordable MRI in my neighborhood, I certainly would be financially motivated to take advantage of this savings.
If you know of one of these 59 million people – please let them know about OutofPocket.com. Or even better, drop me a noteinfo@outofpocket.comto let me know how I can help.
Be Healthy,
Mona Lori