Friday, April 19, 2019 | Chris
Woodward (OneNewsNow.com)
A conservative activist thinks the CEO
of Humana is making a mistake by not opposing “Medicare for All.”
While he said there
are questions to be answered about how Medicare for All would work and who pays
for it, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard told a gathering of healthcare professionals
last month that he views the proposal - described by many as “socialized medicine”
- as having enormous potential for insurers and patients.
"For me, I think
it's a great opportunity for the industry to be able to expand the population
that it's coordinating care with," Broussard told the Barclays Global
Healthcare Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.
On Thursday (April 18,
2019), David Almasi of the National Center for Public Policy Research went
to the Humana shareholder meeting to offer Broussard the opportunity for a
do-over.
"[We wanted] to
align Humana with the rest of the healthcare industry leaders as they try to
preserve the best healthcare system the world has ever seen," Almasi
continues. "We also sought to help him put investors and consumers at
ease. He refused the offer."
The National Center
for Public Policy Research went to Humana's shareholder meeting in 2017 to ask
what, if anything, it was doing with the incoming Trump administration to
repeal and replace Obamacare.
"At that time
they had no intention to be involved, which we found odd because they were
compromising in 2010 and then had no agenda in 2017," Almasi adds.
"Here they are again looking to compromise on the quality, the potential
quality of their healthcare."
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