Help On The Way From Humana For Chronically Ill
The latest news ‘help is on the way from Humana for the chronically ill’ may sound like great news, but is it? Remember that old saying Just because it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck doesn’t guarantee it’s always a duck! Bear in mind”Humana is a for-profit healthcare business. This new care management program is an outgrowth of coordination between Humana and Pfizer—if that didn’t raise a red flag yet—Pfizer is a pharmaceutical company whose profit comes from how many of their medications are being prescribed by physicians. In case you missed two more red flags—Humana admits deciding to launch a new ‘healthcare management plan’ in the Tampa Bay area is based on its large number of Medicare population. This is the same healthcare plan which was only offered to Medicare Advantage members but suddenly is being offered to Medicare/Medicaid duel enrollment members! According to Humana, the fact that for-profit healthcare management can limit physician order coverage and control which chronic conditions are eligible for coverage from the standpoint of patient benefit can, in the long run, only spell improvement for the current medical costs and healthcare insurance issues currently being debated between President Obama and Congress!