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Shouldn't that "Nope" have been a "Yup"? After all you just made my case for me - thank you...
I have not seen the stats, but like I said I'll take your word for it.You don't have to. the stats are there for all to see, but just bear in mind the game that's played with them.
If you can find an MD working full time in the USA making less than $100K a year, you will have found something mighty rare indeed
Do you know why?Maybe we missed each others' points. It doesn't matter who pays for the drugs, what does matter his how much they cost. The same drugs in Canada cost LESS than they do here.
I agree. After all they are the entry point for most people's health care. I think a market system based on Medical Savings Accounts would bring back a more personal relationship between patient and doctor, and GP's would be free to set their own fees without insurance companies baring down on them or governments setting all of the rules.America has a problem with GP's too.
Bang for the buck they're the best doctors we have yet they get no respect and their salaries reflect that.
Damned shame in my opinion.
You described a free market system, which is what I described, and is much cheaper than a govenrment mandated one. I don't see where we're parting here.No, because your point wasn't third-party payers in healthcare. It was litigation costs.
That is because we have freedom of information (and misinformation) while other countries do not have freedom and are told and cultivated as a matter of national and genetic pride that they have the best out there.
There are three reasons American health care is more expensive:
1. High malpractice insurance caused by
2. Too high litigation awards that Democrats refuse to allow limits on
3. Illegal aliens
There is a much better system than either the current one or single payer. It is called Medical Savings Accounts. You buy catastrophic insurance with an anywhere from $5000 to $10,000 deductible. This would cost $150 to $300 per month. This covers all medical expenses above the deductible in case of a major medical problem, including long term. Then you set up a tax free savings account and place the rest of your money that you would pay to medicare, medicade taxes or any other current medical insurance expenses into it each month. Over time you pay for your medical care as you find it necessary up to the deductible then the insurance takes over. If your family is healthy you keep building the account, receiving interest along the way and when it is topped up to your deductible amount you no longer need to spend any more than your insurance premium each month. One benefit of this system is that it takes the government out of the decision making process completely. You are in complete control of your family's health care. This also adds incentive for people to take care of themselves with a visible benefit of saving more money for how healthy your family is. Another benefit is that you will not be bankrupted by a major health problem. And the government doesn't go bankrupt trying to sustain an inefficient medical care system. And you can will the savings account to your children.
Some sort of government insurance program may be needed for those at the extreme wrong end of the societal bell curve. But anyone who works or receives any sort of pension is already paying more now than would be necessary for medical savings accounts simply because it is a much more efficient system.
An additional way to pay for medical care would be to allow for the sale of your own organs upon death. You sign a contract to allow your organs to be harvested and the money paid goes to your medical savings account and on to your family.
Bitching is part of our national heritage, and I am fucking proud of it. I do get your point, though.And Americans seem to be peculiarly vulnerable to "the Big Lie" when perpetrated by our media. We're bombarded daily with the message that our healthcare system is horrible and broken and substandard, and most of us have never lived in any other country or even spent much time researching the question, so we have no basis for real comparison.
The United States was founded by people who were more than ready to bitch, complain, and storm out in a huff whenever they were pissed off. See the Pilgrims, the Western settlers, the American Revolution, the War Between the States . . . It's not surprising that bitching is part of our national heritage.
Look, I know it went right over your head just as it did with Old Socks...You really are living in a fantasy world.
America is also the only western country in which every time you turn around some idiot is telling you how bad US health care is. I'll make about 30k this year. I've access to health care whenever I want it. Does it cost me more than it cost people overseas? It depends almost entirely on how you wish to calcualte the costs.
Try getting dialysis or a kidney transplant if you are over 67 and a French Citizen...
Bitching is part of our national heritage, and I am fucking proud of it. I do get your point, though.
Exactly.Well, yeah. Who wants to be part of a country that just lies down and takes it, whatever "it" happens to be?
Look, I know it went right over your head just as it did with Old Socks...
The main one sir being that we don't limit access by denying certain services to large segments of the population...
