| Re: We have to pass it before we can find out what's in it. |
Subject: Re: We have to pass it before we can find out what's in it. by bogus on 2010/5/7 14:02:51 here is my problem... no, I am not a socialist, and no, socialism won't work in the USA, either... In Europe, it does work for many nations for one reason - they don't have the defense budgets. It's that simple. Greece? Half their economy is under the table and black market... However, back to my problem. Health care, if we weren't careful, was going to lead our economy into a black pit. Health care costs were the #1 tipping point in bringing down the US automakers last year. The debt caused by those costs was astronomical. What people don't realise is that a moderately good health system, available to all, will LOWER costs. Case in point: My late-brothers' brother in law. White male, 50, smoker, seasonal construction worker (concrete). Joe gets some form of lymphoma in his neck. It was diagnosed as stage 3 or 4, I don't remember. NO HEALTH INSURANCE. So he applies to the state for aide... which they grant... One person with advanced cancer cost the state several hundred thousand dollars to heal (he is ok now). If Joe had some form of insurance, perhaps he would have visited a doctor 2 years earlier, when a simple outpatience procedure would have fixed it. A little treatment and the entire bill is $50k. Not $300k+. The final two parts of the health care problem are drug costs - European nations don't get raped like we do for the same drug - and legal issues, meaning, lawsuits. I know it costs a lot to bring a new drug to market, no question, but damnit all to hell, why must we eat all the advertising expenses? That's where it's getting expensive. Personally, any healthcare fix should have included banning ads of prescription drugs on TV... besides, I don't want to see 2 old folks laying naked in bathtubs looking over a valley (WTF is the metaphor there?) or hear about someones pipes leaking... ugh... |
