Individual PMI: A testing experiment

Scientists studying a problem will often take a large-scale overview of the subject before looking through their microscope for a closer examination. This approach can prove profitable in many other areas of life too and would also seem particularly appropriate for the private medical insurance (PMI) sector. Macro issues of NHS reform and the Office of Fair Trading’s review of the private healthcare market provide the wider starting points. This then sets the platform to consider the micro issues of provider consolidation and ever increasing premiums as medical inflation continues ...