Comments on: If Your Doctor Ever Asked You to Try a New Drug… http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/07/10/industry-sponsorship-in-medicine/ Citizen Economists is an online economics magazine written by citizen journalists. These ordinary citizens provide reports and commentary on the current events affecting the economics of the fields they work in. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:10:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cavalcade Of Risk | Colorado Health Insurance Insider http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/07/10/industry-sponsorship-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Cavalcade Of Risk | Colorado Health Insurance Insider Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:26:10 +0000 http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=93#comment-313 [...] at Amateur Economists has a post about pharma and medical supply industry sponsorship in the medical community.  His take on it is a little more forgiving than mine, but he makes a good suggestion that [...] [...] at Amateur Economists has a post about pharma and medical supply industry sponsorship in the medical community.  His take on it is a little more forgiving than mine, but he makes a good suggestion that [...]

]]> By: The Cavalcade of Risk « The Sentinel Effect http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/07/10/industry-sponsorship-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-301 The Cavalcade of Risk « The Sentinel Effect Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:50:01 +0000 http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=93#comment-301 [...] talks (and prescribes?):  Over at Amateur Economists, J.C. condemns industry sponsorship in the medical profession.   He suggests that corporations contribute to a “blind fund” to keep everybody [...] [...] talks (and prescribes?):  Over at Amateur Economists, J.C. condemns industry sponsorship in the medical profession.   He suggests that corporations contribute to a “blind fund” to keep everybody [...]

]]> By: Anittah Patrick http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/07/10/industry-sponsorship-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Anittah Patrick Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:03:26 +0000 http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=93#comment-46 It's in the interest of health insurance providers to ensure that those with coverage do not agree unnecessarily to products, procedures, or prescriptions that they do not need, or that will not benefit them in a manner proportionate to costs. Insurance companies should educate those who are covered with online tutorials or in-person events so that they're armed with the questions to ask when they suspect their HCP is trying to push something on them. Just as HCPs can receive continuing ed credits, so too could the insured from their insurance companies, perhaps in exchange for some kind of goodie (although as I type that I am sure that some regulatory beast would prohibit that kind of incentivizing). Of course, all of this is simply band-aid tactics for the real problem: our fear of death. It’s in the interest of health insurance providers to ensure that those with coverage do not agree unnecessarily to products, procedures, or prescriptions that they do not need, or that will not benefit them in a manner proportionate to costs.

Insurance companies should educate those who are covered with online tutorials or in-person events so that they’re armed with the questions to ask when they suspect their HCP is trying to push something on them. Just as HCPs can receive continuing ed credits, so too could the insured from their insurance companies, perhaps in exchange for some kind of goodie (although as I type that I am sure that some regulatory beast would prohibit that kind of incentivizing).

Of course, all of this is simply band-aid tactics for the real problem: our fear of death.

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