Karen Ignagni Quotations

We share this goal of making sure that individuals receive value for their premiums, on the other hand, we're looking to see the impact of potentially unintended consequences of affordability and access.

Most people don't realize that every day women's lives are being saved and their quality of life improved because health plans have developed programs that safeguard women's health.

What we have here, I think, is quite a lot of noise with respect to this matter of clinical practice, who should decide, and what have you, ... but not enough information on the part of physicians and patients about how processes are actually working.

I think everyone is surprised by the robustness of this number. We had a sense, but we had no data.

Our community's job is to work collaboratively with beneficiaries, pharmacies, physicians and advocacy organizations to resolve any remaining transition issues.

Our members are very anxious to provide affordable coverage.

The Achilles heel here for the discussion is cost. What happens in terms of what working families are required to pay?

The payments from the government are not covering the cost of caring for this population group.

When you get out of Washington and listen to seniors, you learn that seniors are saving and that the vast majority are not experiencing problems.

While these data are of little comfort to any senior who has experienced a problem, they do put the scope of the issue in perspective. Our community's job is to work collaboratively with beneficiaries, pharmacies, physicians and advocacy organizations to resolve any remaining transition issues.

This new joint venture will provide people throughout the health care sector and beyond the opportunity to hear from the nation's leading thought leaders who are in the trenches shaping the health care system for America's future.

There's no study to suggest this is taking place.

The subtext of the Democratic proposal is: If you have a problem, get a lawyer.

This approach has rewarded the over-utilization and misuse of services and resulted in higher payments when health care complications arise.

Access to an emergency room, if they reasonably believe they should go, they should go and be paid for appeals. Making sure that an individual that has a concern, a complaint, a grievance -- it needs to be handled expeditiously.

It's been a little too easy to attribute it to managed care. There are a number of factors here that could explain overcrowding and increases in the numbers of people in certain periods going to the emergency room.

That's a conversation that's proven to be an extremely difficult conversation, state by state and in Washington.

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

I don't want to suggest that people aren't feeling a crunch here, ... But I'm pleased to report that some of the new cost-saving strategies are starting to work.