Issues surrounding health care are both dynamic and complex.
The letter and recommendations reflect the best consensus that our committees could reach in order to place employee concerns before the UC review committee. There is still time to provide further input. If there is sufficient interest, we will attempt to organize a forum to discuss these issues and to consider possible further recommendations. Capitation is a method for reimbursing medical providers, in which the provider gets a fixed fee per patient regardless of how much service the patient requires. Thus, with capitation some of the risk in providing insurance is transferred from the insurer to the medical provider.