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Private health insurance administration costs are through the roof.
CEOs live like kings. Those make it expensive.
Biggest reason is consumers, not the people paying the tab in most cases with employer paid health insurance, over utilize the system.
"It is free so I might as well use it" mentality has ruined American health care.
Blank check health care is the problem.
Why? Because we OVER UTILIZE THE SYSTEM. And get this startling fact. NOw we spend 55% of ALL health care dollars on disease care to treat 4% of the population.
Private health insurance administration costs are through the roof.
CEOs live like kings. Those make it expensive.
Biggest reason is consumers, not the people paying the tab in most cases with employer paid health insurance, over utilize the system.
"It is free so I might as well use it" mentality has ruined American health care.
Blank check health care is the problem.
That's incorrect. But even if it were correct..it's the HMOs themselves that are driving that. Instead of getting regular checkups..people are waiting until they have real problems before they see a physician. And generally that's emergency care. Regular checkups should be encouraged..and health of the indivdual should be better managed. Americans are, quite simply, overworked, overweight, stressed to the breaking point and out of shape.
And the whole idea of the profit motive for the HMOs..is a bad model. They went downhill since most of them went public. That's where you see costs going through the roof. Their responsibility should be the health of the clients..not the profits of the shareholders.
Why? Because we OVER UTILIZE THE SYSTEM. And get this startling fact. NOw we spend 55% of ALL health care dollars on disease care to treat 4% of the population.
Seems a bit contradictory. You start off effectively implying that costs are relatively evenly distributed and thus 1) an insurance model doesn't make sense, and 2) most people are responsible for contributing to our high national expenditures ("we OVER UTILIZE THE SYSTEM").
Then, unprompted, you point out that, no, the opposite is the case: health expenditures are extremely concentrated, with a very small segment of the population accounting for the majority of expenditures (and though you didn't explicitly say it, I will: most--i.e. a little over 50%--of the population contributes virtually nothing to national expenditures).
There are serious issues with our current payment and delivery structures but asking people to return to a 1950s standard of medical care so things can be like they were probably isn't feasible.
Private health insurance administration costs are through the roof.
CEOs live like kings. Those make it expensive.
Biggest reason is consumers, not the people paying the tab in most cases with employer paid health insurance, over utilize the system.
"It is free so I might as well use it" mentality has ruined American health care.
Blank check health care is the problem.
That's incorrect. But even if it were correct..it's the HMOs themselves that are driving that. Instead of getting regular checkups..people are waiting until they have real problems before they see a physician. And generally that's emergency care. Regular checkups should be encouraged..and health of the indivdual should be better managed. Americans are, quite simply, overworked, overweight, stressed to the breaking point and out of shape.
And the whole idea of the profit motive for the HMOs..is a bad model. They went downhill since most of them went public. That's where you see costs going through the roof. Their responsibility should be the health of the clients..not the profits of the shareholders.
If a third party was paying the bill how many days of the week would you go the strip club for table dances and booze?
1 or 7?
Republicans call skimming insurance policies for a CEO hundred million dollar paycheck, "Good Capitalism" and the product of "hard work".
If a third party was paying the bill how many days of the week would you go the strip club for table dances and booze?
1 or 7?
And would you haggle over the prices for table dances? Or would you just go with the hottest girl?
I wonder what would happen to the prices....
If a third party was paying the bill how many days of the week would you go the strip club for table dances and booze?
1 or 7?
And would you haggle over the prices for table dances? Or would you just go with the hottest girl?
I wonder what would happen to the prices....
Exactly, health care is our least efficient industry because it is the least Republican capitalist. With capitalism low price and high quality is the only way to stay in business.
Imagine how bad and expensive a car would be if there was no competition, like in liberal healthcare? These are the kind of kindergarten questions you have to ask a liberal. It is our thankless civic duty even though it is like trying to teach a dog calculus.
Blank check health care is a failure. The health care industry has figured out they can take advantage of it and they are, big time.
A different perspective I posted on another thread:
Treating a Nation of Anxious Wimps
"We have seen the enemy, and he is us."
Why does it cost so much, and why do those costs continue to go up? It really is very simple. We have found a way to increase life expectancy dramatically during a time when we have done everything else wrong.
First of all, our infant mortality rate is one of the worst, if not the worst, of all developed countries. snip.
Why does it cost so much, and why do those costs continue to go up? It really is very simple. We have found a way to increase life expectancy dramatically during a time when we have done everything else wrong.
First of all, our infant mortality rate is one of the worst, if not the worst, of all developed countries. snip.
Myth: The U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than that of other countries
Fact: The U.S. infant mortality rate is not higher; the rates of Canada and many European countries are artificially low, due to more restrictive definitions of live birth. There also are variations in the willingness of nations to save very low birth weight and gestation babies.
Why does it cost so much, and why do those costs continue to go up? It really is very simple. We have found a way to increase life expectancy dramatically during a time when we have done everything else wrong.
First of all, our infant mortality rate is one of the worst, if not the worst, of all developed countries. snip.
Myth: The U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than that of other countries
Fact: The U.S. infant mortality rate is not higher; the rates of Canada and many European countries are artificially low, due to more restrictive definitions of live birth. There also are variations in the willingness of nations to save very low birth weight and gestation babies.
You are right but infant mortality has little or nothing to do with the cost of health care or how healthy a nation is.
Myth: The U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than that of other countries
Fact: The U.S. infant mortality rate is not higher; the rates of Canada and many European countries are artificially low, due to more restrictive definitions of live birth. There also are variations in the willingness of nations to save very low birth weight and gestation babies.
You are right but infant mortality has little or nothing to do with the cost of health care or how healthy a nation is.
Perhaps, the government should also (through mandates) order us to wear brimmed hats outside to make a healthier nation in regards to skin cancer. If this bill passes the muster with the Supreme Court, it opens up a can of worms on what the government can mandate.
I just don't see how the government is going to lower Healthcare costs without creating a huge deficit.
I feel that it can be done through competitive pricing by opening up the borders of the states. I also feel the government can create a safety net for those who aren't covered with pennies on the dollar instead of this healthcare bill going to maturity.
The government can be part of the solution, but it can't be the solution.