MSNBC.com: As the Affordable Health Care Act continues to be rolled out this year and in early 2014, patients will need to think about the ways they insure themselves so they don’t have to pay a penalty and receive appropriate insurance, the CEO and president of the Cleveland Clinic said Friday during an Afternoon Mo Joe web-exclusive interview.
“They’re going to have to be much more active participants in their care as they become responsible both financially and taking care of themselves,” Dr. Toby Cosgrove said.
Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic, which Dr. Cosgrove joined as a surgeon in 1975, ranks among the top hospitals in the country. During the Denver, Colo., debate last October, President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney both agreed on the success of the clinic. The institution’s model of medicine is being hailed by many as one for the future and what the Affordable Care Act means for health care.