Hospitals and Doctors and Insurance companies are free to charge whatever they can get away with. Its free enterprise.
the consumer pays since the consumer pays not only the co-pay, the insurance premium, but the uninsured. So if USA is for choice, exactly what choices do the consumer have besides our choice of not being insured or being insured?
Does any one know the answers for the consumer other than these 2 options?
-- Edited by longprime on Monday 26th of September 2011 08:21:58 PM
Direct comparisons of health statistics across nations are complex. The Commonwealth Fund, in its annual survey, "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall", compares the performance of the health care systems in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the U.S. Its 2007 study found that, although the U.S. system is the most expensive, it consistently underperforms compared to the other countries.[
Unless we get control of our health care spending everything else is just window dressing. We spend significantly more than every other developed country and by almost every measurable standard we lag behind in results.
Razor, I wish all our politicians can do something along your lines of thinking. Its gonna be harsh, some will suffer greatly, but its a solution that works in cutting expenses and rise revenue. Don't agree on everything but with some small modifications I can go along.
Instead of get rid of Obama care how about we just replace it with the Swiss system. The savings in the % of spending of GDP on health care will resolve much of our spending problems. Heck if you want to get drastic go to Singapore's system both countries spend significantly less and have better overall results.
I really do not see how anyone can say gold is not in a bubble. Equity prices are down because quantative easing was a trick intended to make people think they were wealthier and begin spending more. It caused the dollar to drop and oil prices to rise and that cut off recovery at the lowest economic levels which is where the highest unemployment levels exist.
When the economy is bad politians start scrambling and acting like they have to do something immediately. They do not realize they can't pass a law and all of a sudden the economy gets better. All they can do is set long term economic policy and hope that employers create jobs.
Here is the solution to our economic problems: 1. Reverse Obama care. It raises the cost of labor to employers especially for minimum wage jobs which has elevated unemployment. 2. Stop extending unemployment benefits. 99 weeks is enough. Able bodied adults should not get something for nothing forever. 3. Raise taxes on everybody and spend that money reducing the deficit. Fiscal stability will change confidence like night and day. 4. Cut all government spending across the board especially for entitlements. First step is to eliminate cost of living increases. Inflation is low and people will not miss it but it will amount to billions to help pay the deficits. 5. Prevent speculation in oil. Right now a tremendous amount of money is being put into oil exchange traded funds and oil futures. This forces the price up. 6. Reverse most of Obama's regulations.
