From the SmartBrief Leadership e-newsletter:

Business leaders see no easy health care solution

• More than 650 readers responded to last week’s SmartPulse question: What is the best corporate solution to survive the rising costs of health care? 

  • Significantly increase co-payments and deductibles for “lifestyle diseases” — e.g. those from smoking, drinking, STDs, not wearing helmets or seat belts — while maintaining strong levels of support for other medical treatments. 213 votes, 32.4%
  • Introduce legislation to significantly limit malpractice awards. 174 votes, 26.5%
  • Nationalize health care. 164 votes, 25%
  • Slowly increase employee paid amounts in proportion to the rising cost of health care. 61 votes, 9.2%
  • Introduce nonprofit, cooperative organizations that share payment between members. 45 votes, 6.9%

   

  
  So, where is the solution? Is it in greater personal accountability, by charging more for lifestyle diseases? Is it in reducing costs systemically by limiting malpractice awards, or is it in nationalized health care?

  “The tools of the last decade, slowly increasing employee share and alternative structures such as co-ops, haven’t succeeded. Executives are more inclined to vote for radical steps — even surprisingly, nationalized health care. The number one choice, to penalize those with lifestyle diseases, reflects business leaders’ bias toward action,” said Eva Schmatz, president of Summus.

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