Medical costs

[ultrarunner]

Your looking at it like an insurance business, and it is. The discussion, however, should be about the de-privatization of a service that no human being should be without. When Jimmy Kimmel cried on national television over his son's illness he realized and truly felt for all those deprived of such care. And he said so. And it brought tears to his eyes. The hospital's and clinics, all of them, should be government run AND government paid for. Once the government's Scrooge puckered state of mind sets in and it becomes relevant that the only way to address the shortcomings of a sufficient health care system is to set prices on procedures, standardized across the board. Dr's do not get three Mercedes-Benz' but one. They make a sufficient living but most of the glory is a status symbol and not millions a year. Anything less is uncivilized, un-Western and certainly not a democracy. That's how every other country does it. They make it work. It simply has to.

Can't see Set Prices for procedures across the board as ever being viable.

The country and possessions are simple to large and diverse... how can the price be the same for New York, Kansas, Guam, etc.?

I have 27 years in at a Hospital and not a single Doc drives a Mercedes... not one much less owning 3.

The bulk of new vehicles are electric... lots of Nissan Leafs... yes, low cost Leafs as well as Tesla, Toyota Hybrid, etc... not even a Porsche in the group... for whatever reason Mercedes and Porsche are passe... those with BMW are driving the Electric version.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Your looking at it like an insurance business, and it is. The discussion, however, should be about the de-privatization of a service that no human being should be without. When Jimmy Kimmel cried on national television over his son's illness he realized and truly felt for all those deprived of such care. And he said so. And it brought tears to his eyes. The hospital's and clinics, all of them, should be government run AND government paid for. Once the government's Scrooge puckered state of mind sets in and it becomes relevant that the only way to address the shortcomings of a sufficient health care system is to set prices on procedures, standardized across the board. Dr's do not get three Mercedes-Benz' but one. They make a sufficient living but most of the glory is a status symbol and not millions a year. Anything less is uncivilized, un-Western and certainly not a democracy. That's how every other country does it. They make it work. It simply has to.

To address the move toward acceptance it is worthy to enlighten that the orgies of Rome were for our health. When Caesar causes the death of Pompeii we lose our way. It'll be 300 years before Constantine will accept Christianity. He has to. He has to do something. There is no sign that the Rome of Alexander the Great I'd coming to get us. We've tripped. We've escalated to far and to fast as we stood erect. The hypocrisy today with a church constantly mired in sexual scandal is just that. Hypocrisy. And that's what Constantine needed as the clearest and simplest form of conscience awareness. It would never be the same round table conversations of democratic prose, but it was all we had. I believe today there is a realization due to evolution that we cannot govern by religion. There is a call to return to Rome. Not religion's "bad Rome" but Alexander's Rome. Student of Aristotle. The Middle East today screams that sentiment.



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They deserve to be able to buy whatever car they want. They went to school for many many many years that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Everyone has medical care available. Just go to your local ER. They have to treat you. The abuse is absurd. At some point people need to take responsibility for their families and stop needing a handout. Screw Jimmy Kimmel. He used to host the man show that ended every episode with women jumping on trampoline and wanted to end women suffrage. That guys a joke and now Uber liberal.

Get the abuse wrangled in where over 50% or ER patients don稚 pay their bill and spread the cost savings across the insurance companies and premiums will decrease. Instead those with it get gouged to cover those without.

Honestly I wouldn稚 mind having a hospital for those with insurance and then the other hospitals that take and treat everyone. Reward those that do and not those that take.

Not everyone is given the same start in this world but there are opportunities that need to be taken advantage of. People need to start accepting nothing less than excellence and striving to obtain it. Be hungry for a better life

Brett

I work usually no less than 360 hrs per month with my full time job and part time job. I also have a tractor business that those hrs aren’t figured into. It’s called work. It’s there if you want it

 

[goeduck]

Can't see Set Prices for procedures across the board as ever being viable.

The country and possessions are simple to large and diverse... how can the price be the same for New York, Kansas, Guam, etc.?

If the states handled it individually could they better manage and set the costs? And compete to get better ideas or what works for their state? I have never understood why the federal government is involved at this level.

 

[houstonscott]

Can anyone show in constitution were federal government has authority provide Union wide healthcare.

 

[goeduck]

Can anyone show in constitution were federal government has authority provide Union wide healthcare.

Agree. If the states handled it, there would be a huge reduction in bureaucracy and backbiting. Maybe something would get done.

 

[jerrybob]

Agree. If the states handled it, there would be a huge reduction in bureaucracy and backbiting. Maybe something would get done.

Not in our state.......the idiots up in Olympia can't pass a budget or pay for education.......they are one of the biggest bureaucracies around.......they remind me of DC.