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Post by AztecWilliam on Oct 13, 2016 22:39:45 GMT -8
In terms of national health care, Minnesota may well be the canary in the coal mine. Here's one very informative response: The American health insurance market was irrevocably corrupted in 1942, when FDR granted defense contractors the ability to offer employer-sponsored health insurance free of taxation. This "temporary" measure (it's still in place today) was done to somehow "balance" the effects of his arbitrary wage and price freezes. Both acts were utterly illegal and unconstitutional, but a nation suddenly at war looked the other way.
In 1940, roughly 8% of Americans had any sort of health care insurance, mostly on the private market, and mostly catastrophic coverage. Just ten years later, nearly 80% of Americans had health insurance, mostly employer-sponsored, and mostly comprehensive coverage. In the 1960s, LBJ's Medicaid and Medicare came along to further "insure" folks via the federal government.
The predictable and disastrous effect has been the precipitous rise in the cost of health care in the US, as the majority of consumers are insulated from the actual prices they pay for the services they receive. As a side effect, the American health insurance market has ceased to be -- it is now just one more wealth redistribution scam, and insurance companies are now the ultimate crony capitalists.
www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2016/10/13/Minnesota-Could-Be-First-Obamacare-Domino-FallAzWm |
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Oct 14, 2016 10:54:14 GMT -8
By all means. Let's go back to 1940 when only the rich could afford excellent healthcare.
Life expectancy for someone born in 1930 was 59.7 years. For someone born in 2010 it is 78.7. The primary reason for that is access to healthcare.
A very large reason for the high cost for insurance in this country is that most insurance providers are profit driven first. "Overhead" rates can be as high as 40%.
A single payer system, Medicare, requiring everyone to be enrolled would significantly reduce the cost of healthcare in this country.
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Post by aztecwin on Oct 15, 2016 11:19:13 GMT -8
By all means. Let's go back to 1940 when only the rich could afford excellent healthcare. Life expectancy for someone born in 1930 was 59.7 years. For someone born in 2010 it is 78.7. The primary reason for that is access to healthcare. A very large reason for the high cost for insurance in this country is that most insurance providers are profit driven first. "Overhead" rates can be as high as 40%. A single payer system, Medicare, requiring everyone to be enrolled would significantly reduce the cost of healthcare in this country. A "Medicare for All" plan would never work because you could not control or even define "all". People pouring across the border into hospitals and clinics would further drive up the cost. |
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Post by tuff on Oct 29, 2016 9:38:17 GMT -8
By all means. Let's go back to 1940 when only the rich could afford excellent healthcare. Life expectancy for someone born in 1930 was 59.7 years. For someone born in 2010 it is 78.7. The primary reason for that is access to healthcare. A very large reason for the high cost for insurance in this country is that most insurance providers are profit driven first. "Overhead" rates can be as high as 40%. A single payer system, Medicare, requiring everyone to be enrolled would significantly reduce the cost of healthcare in this country. Take the lawyers out of the equation and replace with arbitration. My primary pays a fortune in malpractice insurance which of course gets passed on to us. As a side note, he decided not to retire early...yet. But two of his partners did. And more are starting to decline medicare patients. I had surgery ten days ago and I had to pay my surgeons fee. This wasn't the case 3 years ago when I had the same surgery on the other hip. Unless we repeal and replace, this is the future of medicine. |
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Post by azteccc on Oct 29, 2016 13:21:49 GMT -8
replace with single payer or gtfo
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Oct 29, 2016 18:11:40 GMT -8
By all means. Let's go back to 1940 when only the rich could afford excellent healthcare. Life expectancy for someone born in 1930 was 59.7 years. For someone born in 2010 it is 78.7. The primary reason for that is access to healthcare. A very large reason for the high cost for insurance in this country is that most insurance providers are profit driven first. "Overhead" rates can be as high as 40%. A single payer system, Medicare, requiring everyone to be enrolled would significantly reduce the cost of healthcare in this country. Take the lawyers out of the equation and replace with arbitration. My primary pays a fortune in malpractice insurance which of course gets passed on to us. As a side note, he decided not to retire early...yet. But two of his partners did. And more are starting to decline medicare patients. I had surgery ten days ago and I had to pay my surgeons fee. This wasn't the case 3 years ago when I had the same surgery on the other hip. Unless we repeal and replace, this is the future of medicine. California and Texas have had limits on malpractice awards for many years which haven't slowed the growth of the cost of healthcare. Hope your hip is doing fine. |
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Post by tuff on Oct 29, 2016 19:35:29 GMT -8
Take the lawyers out of the equation and replace with arbitration. My primary pays a fortune in malpractice insurance which of course gets passed on to us. As a side note, he decided not to retire early...yet. But two of his partners did. And more are starting to decline medicare patients. I had surgery ten days ago and I had to pay my surgeons fee. This wasn't the case 3 years ago when I had the same surgery on the other hip. Unless we repeal and replace, this is the future of medicine. California and Texas have had limits on malpractice awards for many years which haven't slowed the growth of the cost of healthcare. Hope your hip is doing fine.[/quot Thanks AAA. The worst part is the complete boredom of not being able to do anything. Everything went very well and in 4 weeks I will be on the first tee........somewhere.😎 I got a call from my nephew in Arizona and he told me his premiums went from $900/month to $2,100. That's for a family of four. Something does have to be done. |
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