dumbest post of the day, maybe the week.
anyone really think you can cut doctors salary by 80%, hospital funding by 80%, drug prices by 80% and still have a health care system?
if you do you are insanely out of touch with how the world works.
people who talk about “transparency” “cutting cots”, etc, do you realize that 75% of the cost of healthcare is people?
so, what, fire 80% of the health care workers in the country? drugs are less than 15% of the total bill. the majority is people working in hospitals, clinics, and the like. and they aren’t fat cats either.
My sister worked in healthcare, and she was not a fat cat. That statement I can agree with you. The rest? Not so much.
I suggest you go to Karl’s site and tell him you think he is an idiot. His response will be the equivalent of a written kick in your teeth.
As another poster to this article stated, Karl has been examining and researching this issue for a very long time. Socialism does not work and many doctors are getting out of Medicine because of ACA.
It does not matter what the plan is. If this group that love Trump thinks trump could actually say anything with a real thought but “its gonna be Huge” then he is a real thinking guy who is gonna turn it around for “Bubba”. They are going to be SO embarrassed someday to have put forth a candidate like him. And passed up a real conservative. Now we get Trump or Hillary. Pox on them!
Why can a dose of scorpion anti-venom cost $100 a vial in Mexico and $10,000 in Merica? Same with a 90 day course of Hep-C drugs that are $90,000 here and $1000 in India. exact same items mind you. The difference is the Government allows and promotes price fixing here. There should not be a sliding scale for pharmaceutical prices based on where you live in the world.
Another example is the Oklahoma SCenter, which began posting prices a few years ago. Their surgeons are not taking price cuts, but their model allows them to charge much less than traditional hospitals./> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/a-new-health-care-approach-dont-hide-the-price/?_r=0
“On NewChoiceHealth.com, which compares prices offered by different facilities in the same city, Smith’s prices are consistently the cheapest or near it in Oklahoma City. Several hospitals charge $17,200 for laparoscopic hernia repair — for which Smith charges $3,975. A gallbladder removal is $24,000 at some hospitals in the city; it’s $3,200 at the Surgery Center. His prices are better in part because ambulatory surgical centers are cheaper than hospitals (for many reasons), but also there’s a virtuous circle here. He can post his prices because they are good ones. And they are good because he’s chosen to compete on price”