BIP Summer 2024

NABIP in Action

Healthcare Bill of Rights heralds a new era for NABIP Initiative provides a framework to improve the U.S. healthcare delivery system.

patient privacy protection, health equity, and emergency care for all. Kohlsdorf says NABIP is perfectly positioned to lead this initiative because members see healthcare holistically. “Providers and hospitals see it from their perspective, doctors see it from theirs, and insurers see the risk basis,” he says. “We see it from all those angles and the most important perspective: people who use the healthcare system.” Kohlsdorf tapped longtime NABIP member Mark Gaunya, principal of Borislow Insurance in Boston, Massachusetts, to lead the new national committee. Gaunya then selected a team of people with a range of expertise and geographic reach to lead the new national committee, the Delta Force. Gaunya says the Bill of Rights purposefully excludes insurance, regulation, and legislation. “It’s about our fundamental rights as healthcare consumers in the private market,” he says. It is a proactive step forward for NABIP to advance the healthcare discussion. “We’ve created a brand-new foundation for a private healthcare system that serves the consumer,” Gaunya says. For complete details, visit nabip.org/who-we-are/nabip healthcare-bill-of-rights

THE HEALTHCARE BILL OF RIGHTS Article I: Right to Access Affordable Healthcare Article II: Right to Quality Care Article III: Right to Privacy and Confidentiality Article IV: Right to Individual Autonomy Article V: Right to Health Equity Article VI: Right to Health Education Article VII: Right to Affordable Medications Article VIII: Right to Emergency Care Article IX: Right to Healthcare Advocacy Article X: States Rights

THE TASK FORCE

The NABIP Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights debuted this spring with one person in mind: the American healthcare consumer. “It addresses a new direction for our healthcare system by including the consumer as the priority and not ‘the system.’ With a new focus, our members will have a great opportunity to impact this change,” says Eric Kohlsdorf, president of Prisma Strategies in Des Moines, Iowa, and NABIP president. “It’s a Bill of Rights to improve healthcare for all of America. And we’re helping our members help Americans by using it.” Tenets of the Healthcare Bill of Rights include affordable access, quality care standards,

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Brian Butler Mark Gaunya Dede Kennedy Simington Eric Kohlsdorf Dawn McFarland Sheila Prior Alycia Riedl Greg Stancil Michael Smith Michael Wojcik

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