Will smart cards change insurance payments?

A Vermont lawmaker wants to test electronic insurance cards to pay claims much like credit cards.

A proposed card with computer chips with medical insurance information has been created by a nonprofit company and lawmakers wants to see if it will work.

A lot can slip between the cup and the lip, as they say. Here’s the story in the Burlington Free Press. Somehow, it doesn’t look like a real threat to processors at this point.

Burlington Free Press