This post should have been titled Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm
On Sep 24, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Jason C wrote:
Uh-oh, offtopic worms crawling out of a can!
Nobody seems to point out that the reform proposals will still leave
us with overpriced health care. Who are the profiteers? It's not
the insurance cos - their profit margins aren't all that huge.
This article discusses something that never seems to be discussed -
the reasons for the high cost.
NOBODY seems to ask, "where do all the dollars go anyway"?
Why did my cat's eye surgery cost $2,500, which on a person would
have cost $15,000?
Why are there dozens of pet hospitals in my area (all for-profit)
but only a few people hospitals?
Why does the price of memory and LCD monitors go down while health
care goes up?
Why do the prices of MRI's stay up while the cost of breast implants
go down?
Why does the average movie rental shop have a more sophisticated IT
system than the average hospital?
The answers may be surprising to some - it is because competition is
STIFLED in health care - it is LACK of free market competition that
causes high prices.
This article analyzes the problems in detail with example after
example - it is long but very well worth reading in its entirety:
How American Health Care Killed My Father
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/health-care
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