Column: Health Care Fixes Miss the Mark

Column: Health Care Fixes Miss the Mark
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To rein in costs we should talk to CEOs and heads of human resources, not march on Washington, Valenti writes.

The phrase “repeal and replace Obamacare” might be in the news, but any new legislation regarding it means little for Michiganians.

Obamacare and the Republicans' fix, the American Health Care Act, are almost entirely focused on the individual insurance market, yet the majority of Americans receive employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. More importantly, more than one million Metro Detroiters are covered by employers who “self-fund” or self-insure their employee health care benefits.



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