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Published on: 3/15/2006
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The event also featured a panel of experts: Dr. Merrit Quarum, CEO of Qmedtrix; Dr. David MacDonald of Liberty Health Group; and Raj Bal, Assurant Health's Executive VP, Individual Markets.
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Dr. Merrit Quarum, QMedtrix - Dr. Quarum argued that transparency will move the health system toward a point where there is true insurability for all Americans, noting that the financial cost-drivers in insurance aren't for insurability: "What we have now are health benefit administrators, not health insurers."He called for hospitals to reveal their pricing logic so that consumers can play a key role in reducing health costs.