Moi
Active Member
The cost of health care is high because of three, and only three, reasons.
1. people don't eat right nor exercise. they are obsese, lazy and drug/alcohol users. Hmm. Ya think that adds to the amount of medical procedures performed in this country? Of course it does!
2. people have sought newer, more invasive and, ultimately, more expensive (because of research, labor, patents, raw material costs, etc.) for evey malady. From the simple dermatology procedure to the most intricate pediatric endeavors. Transplants, bionic limbs, cochlear implants, pediatric surgery, etc. all add to the cost of health care for everyone. For, to have the hospitals staffed, equipped and trained enough to perform these medical miracles, the costs are passed on to each consumer.
3. people want to blame someone when things go wrong; thus lawsuits of every specious nature. In what other profession (save, perhaps police) can you, your employer, your colleagues be SUED for making MISTAKES??? I am not talking about true medical assaults or purposeful negligence. I am talking about true mistakes. Imagine having to give back your salary plus millions more just because you mistook $1 for $10 in a spreadsheet. Or how about if you missed an appointment because you forgot to write down when it was rescheduled?
or, better yet, just because someone doesn't like the results.
I am making no value judgments about what is right/wrong or fair/unfair. But the cost of health care in this country is due to the nature of what the people want and demand. It is not due to the government. It is up to the people to solve the problem not the government.
Even god paid for a miracle, he gave his only son's life. Surely the american public that wants so many medical ones can at least pay $.
1. people don't eat right nor exercise. they are obsese, lazy and drug/alcohol users. Hmm. Ya think that adds to the amount of medical procedures performed in this country? Of course it does!
2. people have sought newer, more invasive and, ultimately, more expensive (because of research, labor, patents, raw material costs, etc.) for evey malady. From the simple dermatology procedure to the most intricate pediatric endeavors. Transplants, bionic limbs, cochlear implants, pediatric surgery, etc. all add to the cost of health care for everyone. For, to have the hospitals staffed, equipped and trained enough to perform these medical miracles, the costs are passed on to each consumer.
3. people want to blame someone when things go wrong; thus lawsuits of every specious nature. In what other profession (save, perhaps police) can you, your employer, your colleagues be SUED for making MISTAKES??? I am not talking about true medical assaults or purposeful negligence. I am talking about true mistakes. Imagine having to give back your salary plus millions more just because you mistook $1 for $10 in a spreadsheet. Or how about if you missed an appointment because you forgot to write down when it was rescheduled?
or, better yet, just because someone doesn't like the results.
I am making no value judgments about what is right/wrong or fair/unfair. But the cost of health care in this country is due to the nature of what the people want and demand. It is not due to the government. It is up to the people to solve the problem not the government.
Even god paid for a miracle, he gave his only son's life. Surely the american public that wants so many medical ones can at least pay $.
