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re: Why does Government even have to be in health care?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 10:48 am to stout
Posted on 7/28/17 at 10:48 am to stout
Healthcare is more like infrastructure than for-profit business. No one profits from highways, bridges, sewer systems, electrical grids, etc. as a result these entities must be funded by government and regulated. Same with healthcare.
Due to the personal and critical nature of healthcare, the government provides an essential service in the internal monitoring of the healthcare infrastructure: research and development, billing practices, certification and licensure of providers and laboratory personnel, compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, compliance with HIPAA regulations, etc.
When people talk about "getting government out of healthcare", it makes me queasy. Healthcare is no mom-and-pop business venture.
Due to the personal and critical nature of healthcare, the government provides an essential service in the internal monitoring of the healthcare infrastructure: research and development, billing practices, certification and licensure of providers and laboratory personnel, compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, compliance with HIPAA regulations, etc.
When people talk about "getting government out of healthcare", it makes me queasy. Healthcare is no mom-and-pop business venture.
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Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:01 am to tarzana
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must be funded by government
TAXPAYERS
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Due to the personal and critical nature of healthcare, the government provides an essential service
Obamacare and medicare is strictly taxpayer funded health insurance. Stop confusing yourself.
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internal monitoring of the healthcare infrastructure: research and development,
Government isn't in that role nor should be.
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certification and licensure of providers and laboratory personnel,
Again, why should this be a government "service".
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compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, compliance with HIPAA regulations, etc.
Wrong, hospitals must comply with these bills/standards. Government only creates these regulations.
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When people talk about "getting government out of healthcare", it makes me queasy. Healthcare is no mom-and-pop business venture.
If it was, the government would fail tremendously at that too. Your faith in Government is quite scary. Do you earn your own wage, or are you employed by government? or do you have a job? If you are independently employed, or run your own business, you do realize there is a section on your tax returns to donate money to the government. Have you ever tried doing that?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:13 am to tarzana
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Healthcare is more like infrastructure than for-profit business. No one profits from highways, bridges, sewer systems, electrical grids, etc. as a result these entities must be funded by government and regulated. Same with healthcare.
Why? That's a false premise simply because the private sector has never been given the opportunity. Is it your contention that the private sector is incapable of building roads and bridges?
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