NOTICE how the discussion of health care reform in the media NEVER touches on the REAL issues. It's all about "our party" vs. "the other party".Always FOLLOW THE MONEY. In this case, the gravy train for the hospitals, doctors, malpractice lawyers, Big Pharma, and insurance industry, remains intact.Here's that terrific analysis again http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/health-care --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Jim Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jim Wilson <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Why do the prices of turbos go down while health care goesup? To: [email protected], "'Casey Wheeler'" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 1:11 PM BINGO – my friends dad is on the Board of Blue Cross/ Blue shield and he agrees with that – and they would stand to make less money doing it. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:20 PM To: Casey Wheeler Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Why do the prices of turbos go down while health care goesup? my physician said the single best step would be to allow health insurers to compete across state lines more easily. he's probably right. we could pick from 100 insurers instead of 2 or 3 heavily regulated (and in bed with that state legislature) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Why do the prices of turbos go down while health care goes up? From: Casey Wheeler <[email protected]> Date: Thu, September 24, 2009 9:10 am To: Jason C <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 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 Sent from my iPhone 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 _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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