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Question: Why Does America Have the Highest Healthcare Costs Than Any Other Modern Country
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:37 pm
And why do Americans pay more individually than any other country?
Saw Bernie Sanders asking a panel of conservatives on C-Span this morning and they couldn't get on the same page with an answer. All they agreed on was that they couldn't explain it.
Saw Bernie Sanders asking a panel of conservatives on C-Span this morning and they couldn't get on the same page with an answer. All they agreed on was that they couldn't explain it.
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Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:38 pm to Womski
Big Pharm collusion
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:39 pm to Womski
That's your opinion! Come back with some facts slapdick.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:39 pm to MButterfly
Slick burn, chotch.
Also: the fact you deny objective facts doesn't mean they are not facts
Derp muh muslims don't assimilate
Also: the fact you deny objective facts doesn't mean they are not facts
Derp muh muslims don't assimilate
This post was edited on 7/30/17 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:40 pm to Womski
What was Bernie's answer for the question?
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:40 pm to Womski
Regulatory capture by insurance companies and the AMA so that no alternative forms of care disbursement are possible. We have terrible collectivized policy that somehow manages to incorporate a profit margin, the only ostensibly 'good' thing about directly provided national services.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:40 pm to Womski
Get what u pay for
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:40 pm to Womski
Fat people
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:41 pm to GRTiger
quote:Our system is designed to fill pockets of insurance and drug companies before focusing on improving quality of life.
What was Bernie's answer for the question?
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:42 pm to Womski
I'm sure there are all manner of items Americans pay more for than the rest of the world.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:42 pm to Womski
waiting on those facts
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:42 pm to Womski
America does not engage in cost-benefit analysis when it comes to who to provide care to.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:43 pm to Womski
A huge part of it is the way we educate medical professionals. We force them (myself included) into a ton of debt which makes them prioritize the wrong things when giving care to patients and incentivizes them to see more people for more money. Many get burnt out after just a few years and stop giving a shite.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:44 pm to Jake88
quote:
I'm sure there are all manner of items Americans pay more for than the rest of the world.
Our government-provided or regulated services are among the highest per capita compared to the rest of the developed world, but we pay much less for almost every kind of consumer good (and housing, but that is very regionally dependent).
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:45 pm to Womski
Seems to be a big part of it. Also seems obvious that every solution, including obamacare and Bernie's socialized medicine, wouldn't solve that, since government can't help but fill pockets of their cronies. It may just be different pockets in their plans.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:45 pm to Saint5446
Last time I saw a doctor he pulled out his iPhone and googled it. shite you not.
He only went to medical school at LSU but come on man what are they teaching nowadays.
He only went to medical school at LSU but come on man what are they teaching nowadays.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:46 pm to Womski
I'll reach across the isle on this... we have increased costs in medical because of the following: medical insurance skyrocketing prices, bloodsucking attorneys in our litigious society, we have to test for everything to make sure we do not get sued, lack of competition across state lines for insurance companies, and finally med companies instead of making modest profits are making a killing as well as insurance companies... stockholders demand profit... boil it all down into one word "GREED" ...
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:47 pm to Womski
A combination of crony-capitalism that has disproportionately benefited big pharma and a higher demand for healthcare than anywhere else in the world.
We have a huge number of fat, wealthy citizens that are willing to invest their resources in mitigating the damage of their unhealthy decisions
We have a huge number of fat, wealthy citizens that are willing to invest their resources in mitigating the damage of their unhealthy decisions
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:48 pm to Womski
Because we're not homogeneously white or Asian.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:49 pm to Womski
they call it PRACTICING medicine for a reason.
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