Comments on: Surge in private, individual or family health insurance policies.. What do you think? http://www.webwisedom.com/2009/11/surge-in-private-individual-or-family-health-insurance-policies-what-do-you-think/ E-Commerce in Insurance with an emphasis on Social Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike Wise http://www.webwisedom.com/2009/11/surge-in-private-individual-or-family-health-insurance-policies-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Mike Wise Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:55:20 +0000 http://www.webwisedom.com/?p=700#comment-274 Jim, great link. Love the last paragraph. "All told, the national mandatory health-insurance bill puts the federal government in charge of individuals' insurance choices and data privacy. This philosophy of governing is the opposite of America's founding principle: consent of the governed." Might as well throw out HIPAA while we're at it. Heck, that will make it a lot easier to do e-commerce in the insurance space. David, excellent point about Cloud solutions. I've seen your Unirisx solution applied to a real business case - it works. Great alternative to legacy policy admin solutions... Jim, great link. Love the last paragraph. "All told, the national mandatory health-insurance bill puts the federal government in charge of individuals' insurance choices and data privacy. This philosophy of governing is the opposite of America's founding principle: consent of the governed." Might as well throw out HIPAA while we're at it. Heck, that will make it a lot easier to do e-commerce in the insurance space.

David, excellent point about Cloud solutions. I've seen your Unirisx solution applied to a real business case – it works. Great alternative to legacy policy admin solutions…

]]> By: David Plate at Uniri http://www.webwisedom.com/2009/11/surge-in-private-individual-or-family-health-insurance-policies-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-273 David Plate at Uniri Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:40:01 +0000 http://www.webwisedom.com/?p=700#comment-273 Mike: great topic. One sub-category I don't see in the press, but we are seeing in the market: technology decision delays. Many pure software vendors are seeing a huge drop in go-forward decisions from carriers fearful of those items mentioned for fear of being left with paid-for software when "reform" (man, I hate that word!) hits. In the meantime, those who fail to move forward with the solutions that keep them at the front of their competitors will be crippled long before 2013. What is the alternative? Consider "SaaS" or "Cloud" solutions which offer "pay as you grow". Plenty of vendors offer this option, and any good consultant will offer this option. Love the bloggin'! Mike: great topic. One sub-category I don't see in the press, but we are seeing in the market: technology decision delays. Many pure software vendors are seeing a huge drop in go-forward decisions from carriers fearful of those items mentioned for fear of being left with paid-for software when "reform" (man, I hate that word!) hits. In the meantime, those who fail to move forward with the solutions that keep them at the front of their competitors will be crippled long before 2013. What is the alternative? Consider "SaaS" or "Cloud" solutions which offer "pay as you grow". Plenty of vendors offer this option, and any good consultant will offer this option. Love the bloggin'!

]]> By: JD Fisher http://www.webwisedom.com/2009/11/surge-in-private-individual-or-family-health-insurance-policies-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-268 JD Fisher Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:13 +0000 http://www.webwisedom.com/?p=700#comment-268 I think this article sums up the issues we face: http://is.gd/52VBu I think this article sums up the issues we face:
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