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The Time Has Come for National Insurance Cards

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Therese M. Mulvey, MD

With the summer months upon us, many will take a vacation. This generally involves booking a flight or car rental, buying items for the trip, and shopping for new summer clothes. Some will shop online and others at retail stores. At each site, we pull out a credit card and assume that the appropriate bank will bill us properly for the purchases. It is an anomaly when things do not go right. So why can't patients swipe a generic health identification card and assume that the appropriate insurer will pay the bill? Why must the system . . . [Click for More]