Most lawsuits concern neurologic deficits in babies, even though few of these deficits are the result of poor obstetric management. In Australia, legal settlements have become the primary source of funding for the care of children who have neurologic defects. The Internet auction of healthcare insurance has been adopted by Hewitt and UltraLink , two employer-benefit management companies. Large employers can publish their needs and employee numbers online, and insurance companies will bid against each other for providing coverage. In the initial trials of this system employers were able to save millions of dollars in obtaining healthcare insurance for their employees.
Many uninsured workers are unaware of the option of bare-bones insurance policies.
He said he will fight to preserve Medicare and will punish those HMOs that fail to provide Medicare contracts. He also said he will provide a serious drug benefit to seniors by using the revenue surplus to backup the Medicare program.