Thread: Healthcare jobs will be outsourced to India

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US healthcare reform is boon for India outsourcing companies

By Taylor Barnes Taylor Barnes – Thu Mar 25, 10:26 am ET

Mumbai – With 22 pen strokes, President Obama signed into existence not just a historic healthcare reform law but also monumental piles of paperwork: New member registration forms. More claims. Ever-expanding databases. And on top of that, pressure to cut costs.

The bulge in administrative work may look like a nightmare to American insurance firms and government employees. But to outsourcing executives here in India, it’s heaven-sent. A number of Indian companies are already anticipating an increase in workload thanks to Obama's healthcare law.

The addition of 32 million insured Americans is “very significantâ€

I heard this also yesterday, that the Indian outsourcing companies are drooling over the extra work, and more taxpayer dollars going into their pockets rather than ours.