The nation’s largest health plan WellPoint Inc. (Indianapolis) is teaming up with the X Prize Foundation to sponsor a $10 million contest on who can come up with the best ideas to address the nation’s healthcare crisis. Primary funding will come from the WellPoint Foundation. WellPoint has agreed to test finalists’ proposals in a real-world setting, which would seem to preclude the elimination of the health insurance industry and the institution of a single-payer government system as a winning solution. O.K., that’s a little snide. Maybe someone in a garage has some workable solutions. So why not? Guidelines are still being worked out, but it looks like the emphasis will be on healthcare transparancy, affordability, access and quality.
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