On 10/18/2013 8:59 AM, jrmitchellj . wrote: > It just bothers me to no end that Insurance companies have managed > (finagled) themselves into the position of "gate keeper" to health care. > In doing so have pushed the cost of said health care to the moon. > I wish I could negotiate similar rates to what the insurance companies have > done, and not have to buy insurance. I would be money way ahead! > > And now the government mandate. > > I feel soooo sorry for the next three to four generations! > > --J. Ray Mitchell Jr.
Well, one party's proposal to allow sale of health insurance across state lines and imposing some limits on the massive settlements for malpractice claims were the two items which could actually reduce costs, and were next thing to violently opposed by the other party. Any other kind of insurance can be sold across state lines, but with health insurance a company is required to have a physical presence with offices and people in every state in which they wand to do business. Can't be an e-surance style outfit selling health insurance, but there can for home, vehicle, etc. Being forced to have offices and personnel everywhere drives up costs, which like taxes on business get dumped directly into the retail prices. Lawsuits for 5 and 7 figure sums for just about everything has forced doctors and hospitals to pay big bucks for big insurance, and the insurance companies "spread the wealth around" to you, me and all their other customers. Another problem with the medical industry in the USA is pills that cost pennies to dollars each in other countries cost dollars to tens of dollars each here. The way our regulations etc. are allows (the drug companies claim forces) them to fund the majority of the R&D costs off the Americans. Many people say "Why can't it be like in Canada?". For starters, Canada has about the same population as California. Much smaller population, far fewer poor folks simply because of that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
