Insurers Tout Disease Management Programs, But Critics Are Wary

ObamaCare’s regulations dictating the spending levels of insurance companies may result in them ending their disease management programs, where insurance companies provide free counseling to chronically ill enrollees. “These phone-based programs have sparked debate, with critics claiming there is little evidence that they actually work, and proponents — including many insurance companies — lauding them as precisely the sort of prevention-oriented approach needed to fix the health-care system. That debate has gained new salience because of a key requirement of the sweeping health-care overhaul enacted by Congress this year.”