I want to keep the discussion going cause there are many smart people
here, but I have to get to a meeting. But I wantto say the single
largest reason why healthcare is so expensive, is becuase it cannot
operate as a free normal market does with normal goods. The governemnt
has imposed so so so so many regualtions, taxes, red tape, hurdles etc
all over the place that it take 1000 people just get a caprel tunnel
release done. If we could back the governemnt out of this and let the
market function normally, you would see prices of common surgeries
drop like intel waffers. That is the simplest function of a market,
supply and demand and where they intersect.
Casey
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On Sep 24, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Jason C <[email protected]> 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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