Second Opinions for Tough & Smart Care
FLA, FECA, HR2457
The federal government (under most current administrations) has tried to address the issue of the nation's need for better healthcare by focusing on improving what is already in place. Two of the regular efforts at this are the FLA (Family Leave Act) and the FECA, or Federal Employees' Compensation Act (DOL, b). The purpose of the first is to provide structured and economically efficient ways for people to be able to leave their positions, without risking their jobs, when they are dealing with either the birth of a child or a critically sick immediate relative. It is also seen as one effort to seek to protect men and women against the problems of gender injustice that can come about if women are challenged in keeping healthcare because of the choice to have children. FECA, on the other hand, seeks to ensure fair levels of compensation when workers associated with federal jobs are injured, disabled or killed in connection with their work responsibilities.
The third initiative is HR2457, which is a suggested legislative fix for the issue of allowing patients who have health insurance to have fair access to getting a second medical opinion (GovTrack.us). The evidence is overwhelming that second opinions can play a vital role in ensuring that peoples' medical conditions are properly detected and addressed. Unfortunately, many healthcare providers that rely on prepaid or similar group approaches find second opinions as when serious or unclear conditions occur. "According to recent data collected by three major second-opinion medical service providers," notes Wojcik in an overview of why businesses should consider second opinions a good monetary investment, "misdiagnoses are discovered in up to 20% of medical cases and treatment changes are recommended in more than half of them." HR2457 takes this understanding further and would establish getting second opinions as a right for those who have private coverage. The bill details the conditions of the right including specifics as to how it would have to be implement and under what conditions second opinions could be approved or denied.
Combining these three efforts into a single effort could well be the best thing that can happen. It could actually be one of the few options that actually exists to try to force operational change across the system. Each of the acts is highly targeted, seeking to fix particular issues. If they are brought together, they might widen the reach and convey a broader sense of accomplishment that the system realizes getting care especially when challenging problems arise needs to be something that more professionals are involved with. Getting a second opinion is something that many patients are being encouraged to do for a number of reasons; one of which has to do with the fact that difficult sicknesses like cancer respond better when treated appropriately (New Wave). In pulling the acts together, they might be more effective at achieving the proactive efforts that can be seen in parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Wikipedia). ObamaCare prohibits denial of insurance for preexisting conditions and mandates preventative care. In both instances the logic is to makes sure that people get and keep the care they need. It is no great leap for other comprehensive approaches to do the same by using the...
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