Very true Pallav and incentives are coming in the for of carrot (save money when you shop) and stick (High deductibles). I think we agree that before the consumer gets involved, nothing will happen to improve the system. One difficulty with these incentives is that it calls for new behavior and a minimum of understanding of how Healthcare work. I believe that the stick will finally win to get consumers to move.
Unfortunately you are right, but this does not help us consumers to spend less on medical. If we do not grab this issue at heart, prices will continue to move up together with deductibles and consumer with insurance will not get care when needed. It is not good for the society. we are the only force to try to change that by publishing all the prices in our app. Please support us https://goo.gl/PvPypQ
My daughter is at her UC right now and she is sick. We did not take the UC insurance as we already have insurance. She did not know where to go to find a doctor. I asked her to download the app, type visit in the search bar and select emergency visit minor problem and a list of doctors appeared with a map so she could select the closest. From the app she could call check insurance coverage and get an appointment.
See reply above from Julien. Data contribution is painful on the web and mobile is now becoming the primary internet access for most of us. For some of us, it is the only internet access device.