
…ng as actual insurers, but will also challenge the traditional role of providers as intermediaries. Healthcare will be different when consumers enjoy a technology-mediated experience that speeds their path through the healthcare system via alternative routes.
…self-diagnose their conditions, self-direct their treatments, and choose service/product providers, with a maniacal focus on affordability, transparency, and experience—will not only squeeze MCOs towards managing only catastrophic care, i.e., acting as actual insurers…
…s that take advantage of new technologies to enable different ways to access and pay for healthcare—empowering consumers to self-diagnose their conditions, self-direct their treatments, and choose service/product providers, with a maniacal focus on affordability, transparency, and ex…