Mark Fitzpatrick

Sounds pretty intriguing huh?

“The Health Care Fix The Government Doesn’t Want You To Know About.”

Okay, so maybe they do want you to know about it, and maybe it’s not a fix. But if they’re so concerned about rising costs – which will go higher because the government is concerned and involved now – then why can’t they INSIST on one simple thing.

I’m talking about one simple thing that will kill two birds with one stone.

In fact, it’s so damn simple. So damn obvious. I have to give it a little build up.

Ready?

The instant solution to lowering health care cost is stop mailing me a daggone invoice every month. I pay directly via the internet from my bank. Save the piece of paper. Save the envelope you mailed it in. Save the return envelope.

Since I can’t imagine I’m the only one my insurance company (BlueCross BlueShield) mails an invoice to every month, multiply that out. I’ll let someone smarter than me come up with some numbers.

Multiply out the ink wasted, the paper wasted, the postage cost, and the waste in time and money paying someone to oversee the whole process.

I looked on the form to see if they would bother to ask me, “If you would like to stop receiving paper invoices, please let us know.”

If it’s there, it ain’t obvious.

Add to the above wasting my time. If I get mail from my health insurance company, I’m going to open it. I feel like I have to.

So there you have it. Instant health care savings. And at the same time, I helped save millions of trees over time, and reduced green house gases and landfill waste.

And it doesn’t even need a Czar to oversee it.