According to Dr. Robert Pearl, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, when it comes to health care, only a few Americans can obtain what they need, resulting in mistreatment and deaths of countless people.
Robert Pearl is the executive director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, the delivery system half of Kaiser Permanente.
“The current delivery system is broken” says CEO Of Permanente Medical Group
On 4th May during “Power Lunch”, Dr. Robert Pearl called the current delivery system “BROKEN”. This statement came when the GOP-backed health-care bill was being debated ahead of a highly anticipated vote by the House of Representatives.
Pearl very recently published a book on this topic the title of which is –
“Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Healthcare — And Why We’re Usually Wrong.”
Coverage For All Is the Key
Pearl said it doesn’t matter if the Republicans’ health-care bill becomes law or not, the main key is to maintain coverage for all individuals, including those with pre-existing conditions.
Permanente Medical Group CEO, Pearl said,
“At this point, there’s still so much uncertainty … we’re not sure if [state] subsidies will be maintained,” he added, “Neither [Obamacare] or AHCA does much to change the delivery system, and we’ve got to get the delivery system better so patients avoid diseases, and care must become more affordable.”
Pearl further argues saying that the current health-care system is “completely nontransparent,” to the patients. Suggesting solutions for the healthcare reform he further said,
“The solution will be integration (both horizontally within specialties and vertically between primary care and specialty care and outpatient and inpatient), capitation (prepayment), modern technology (comprehensive electronic health record, secure e-mail and video) and physician leadership,” he further says If you were in banking, finance or retail, “you wouldn’t tolerate what you tolerate in health care today.”
Date: June 1, 2017