Will The Great Recession Create Millions of e-Patients?

May 19, 2009 · Filed Under general, hc's problem list, news & gossip, trends & principles · 18 Comments

Another post about healthcare “creepware” from Opaque, Inc.

While reading the Wall Street Journal health blog, I saw this disturbing piece of information:

In a new survey conducted by Mercer, the employee benefits consulting shop, nearly half of the 428 employers polled said they plan to shift more health costs to employees in 2010.

Further, 20% of the companies surveyed said that they planned “to switch to a high-deductible or “consumer-directed” health plan.”

For many of us the term Consumer-Directed Health Plan (CDHP) means very little, if anything at all. But based on what Mercer says, we’d better find out, because the news is not cheery for anyone who plans to use the healthcare system. (That would be you.)
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