Health reform is in such a chaotic state and will continue to be so even after the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of PPACA – and the November election. This is where scenario planning can help. At the April conference for the Institute for HealthCare Consumerism, I listened to a panel on alternative planning scenarios in regard to health reform using scenario planning. Let’s see how it works.
In its simplest form, scenario planning starts with two sets of opposing possibilities. In the case of health reform these are currently 1) PPACA constitutionality versus unconstitutionality; and 2) Obama is re-elected versus Romney is elected.