4.6: Insurance Database & Market

Create a national database and insurance market.

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Improved consumer information will lead to better provider performance. Currently, it is hard for consumers to be knowledgeable because they have limited access to information that would allow them to compare the quality and cost of health care professionals. If performance and prices were recorded in a national database, policy experts believe that it would help us understand more about what is driving health care costs upwards. Creating a national insurance market would increase competition between insurance companies and give consumers more options, and a universal claim form would simplify the process of filing insurance claims.

Stakeholder(s):

• Consumers

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