Hawke wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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"Hawke" wrote in message
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We have to get a new administration or we will stay
with this failing system all the way until it actually goes bust. Maybe
that's okay with some people but I sure hope the ones with brains don't
let
that happen.
Whether a new administration will be able to do anything about the costs
is
problematic. Obviously, we have to try something. But the system is a
monster that is resistant to change, and it will be very difficult.

--
Ed Huntress


The solution is clear. National health care is the only long term way to fix
the health care crisis. People are confused. They look at the fact that
costs have been going up since Reagan; that was 1980. They want to blame all
kinds of things for the steep climb in prices but the reason is plain. You
can't have a fee for service health care system that won't go broke. You
can't have a HMO or managed care system that won't go broke either. You have
too many people needing access to care for them to work and they have to
make a profit. With a traditional care for profit system and numerous
private firms all trying to make as much as possible and giving the minimum
it just won't work. Every step of the way you have companies making profits.
From the hospitals to the doctors, from the mental health providers to the
medical instruments makers, from the insurance companies to the
pharmaceuticals, every business is trying to use the capitalistic system to
maximize profits on a service everyone has to have. The reason all the other
countries have switched to universal care is simple, nothing else will work.
Believe me, the other countries have studied the problem to death and none
of them could find a free market approach that would succeed. If they could
have found one they would have since all are capitalistic based nations. But
they all went with universal care because it's the only way the government
could assure health care for everyone and at a price that the countries can
afford. That is what we have to do sooner or later. It's like seeing the
light on oil. We have to stop using it as our primary source of energy. We
also have to put in place a medical care system that works better than the
one we have now. It's not rocket science, it's a matter of getting the
opposition out of the way. It's vested interests that are sandbagging the
change that has to happen. That has to be overcome. Once it is we can have a
good system we can afford. Until then things will continue to get worse. So
we either change or see our current system go bankrupt. To me, that choice
is a no-brainer.


Keep it simple.

Just compare the methods and costs for casting a broken leg in 1920
with those of today. After removing inflation you'll have most all the
information needed to understand why costs are up.

If you reply I expect to see the money differences.

If the building trade were run like the medical industry, a modest
house costing $150,000 would cost $1,000,000. The excuses would be
be customer safety, technology and regulations.



Hawke




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