Declaration of Insurance Independence (Part II): Unleash The Health IT Startups
Dave Chase is the founder and CEO of Avado , a TechCrunch Disrupt NYC finalist. Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthcare practice and was the founder of Microsoft’s Health business. This is Part II of a two-part post. You can follow him on Twitter @chasedave . In Part 1 , I outlined the drivers of the Declaration of Insurance Independence including the following: Protesting Healthcare Taxation with Bureaucratization New Care & Payment Models Spurring New Health IT Categories Cautionary Tales For Healthcare Companies from Telco and Newspaper Industry Convergence of Factors Driving Industry Disruption Consider the following convergence of factors to comprehend the scale of the need for innovation in healthcare: Over 1/3 of the workforce is expected to be permanent freelancers, contractors, consultants and entrepreneurs with zero expectation of employer provider insurance. They have high motivation to become literate on health economics when paying direc...