New York Times Dated September Term Paper

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Every consumer must know about the healthcare plan he chooses, the hospital he decides to go to and the medical practitioner he would receive treatment from in order to make the wisest choice based on their own needs and requirements. With lack of critical information such as patients' comments and surgical procedures undertaken by individuals, this data is still slightly primitive. While a wealth of information is available on around 4,000 hospitals around the country on Federal Department of Health and Human Services' Web site (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), still there is a serious dearth of information on individual doctors. This gap must be filled in order to help consumers make the right choice. Similarly there is less information on pricing as well that tends to make research almost half-productive.

Access to information is a constitutional right of all citizens and the fact that they still do not have access to data that should have been made available online to public a long time back is nothing less than shocking.
It is a person's health we are talking about. Shouldn't he/she have the right to make the most appropriate decision based on his needs? We must also make sure that consumer get access to patient surveys which will help them make the important decisions about their health. The comparative data that insurance companies have made available on their websites is still a commendable effort in the right direction since many people find it helpful. They can make more informed decisions and are less likely to regret choosing a hospital if they had had all the information available to them. It must be borne in mind that access to information is everyone's right and it becomes all the more so when that information concerns one's health and possibly….....

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