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Worse, currently proposed federal legislation would undermine any potential for real innovation in insurance and the provision of care.
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Personally, I view this as the insurance industry's lack of innovation.
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That means limiting competition and thwarting innovation in the kinds of insurance products that people will have access to.
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One sign that consumer-driven health plans are slowly gaining ground is that big insurance firms, which are normally sluggish when it comes to innovation, are beginning to copy their smaller rivals.
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Obamacare sparked criticism for it inducing government dependency, aggravating budget pressures, and even failing to reduce insurance premiums as promised, but the law also increasingly politicizes healthcare innovation.
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At Progressive Insurance, their CMO, Jeff Charney, and his team have always been focused on innovation and digital technology, which is proven by their multitude of apps, games and other industry-first mobile technology.
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Because citizens must choose between the national system and private health insurance, the current arrangement discourages people from insuring themselves, thereby limiting market forces, stifling innovation and reducing choice.
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But if healthcare costs continue growing and technological innovation in this area improves the economic pressure will be on lawmakers to allow this, insurance companies to promote it, and individuals to abide by it.
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