Coming soon. The Obama do it yourself home appendectomy kit. Complete with scalpel and a DVD.
The big problem is that you can churn out millions of identical cars or computers. The guys on the assembly line don’t have to know every aspect of the car, just how to do their job.
However, each patient has to be seen by a highly-educated doctor.
Does this idiot realize that health care is a SERVICE, which means you pay a human (or two or three or more) to do something every time you use it. A friggin’ iPod is something that you pay for once and use it until it breaks. Why do leftists believe in slavery and call it “fairness”?
I don’t think comparing health care to appliances that can be unplugged sounds too good.
>>> Health Care Should Cost Less Like Computers, Cars, TVs, Says Medicare Chief Berwick
It’s real esay, you know, Berwick.
Get Government’s paws out of health care. Just like Computers, Cars (well, not any more), TVs (hmmm, I’ll need to think about that, too).
The price for TVs (HD TVs) jumped, only after government intervened. You, sir, might want to think about that!
Last I saw, cars get more expensive every year. And there is a hell of a lot of control on the auto industry. Heck, the gubment owns one of the major players.
Computer manufacturers aren't often sued for millions of dollars.
People make market decisions that they don't need cutting edge computers but will accept last year's technology for a cheaper price.
People pay for their own computers. If someone else paid for it cost would be no object.
Yes, it should cost less. Shut down government health care, the insurance companies and all other subsidies.
There are a couple of misleading ideas floating around this article. First, computers cost less because of advances in technology. Second, cars DON’T cost less. It is instructive to note that the cars which our government wants us to buy, the green ones, cost a whale of a lot MORE.
Third, when they say they want health care to “cost less” they do not mean lower prices, they mean caps on expenses. This is two different animals.
When they insist on “capping costs” they are really insisting on capping the care that you are allowed to procure for yourself. Why should they be allowed to do this?
I will again assert that we, as conservatives, should not be against health care rationing. After all, we are used to rationing our health care every time we walk through Walgreens and make decisions about what over-the-counter remedies we really need. The issue is not about rationing. The issue is about WHO makes the decisions!
Computers, Cars, and TVs can be sold across state lines, and you aren’t required to purchase any of them.
Berwick should look at services like Lasik and elective plastic surgery where prices have either dropped or stayed in line with inflation over the years. As opposed to virtually every other health service, these items are purchased directly by consumers without the heavy hand of government, insurance companies, and employer insurance in between.
It is now over $100 a month. Know anyone who makes that?? I sure as hell don't...and they take it out of my meager SS besides. I've worked for 54 years. Something is not right.
Q: What lack of behavior in today's and 0bamaCare's healthcare delivery system makes healthcare so immune to the price reductions we see for most other services and products?
So, there you have it.
All we need is for Microsoft to come up with a software program to run a mechanical robot to perform your colonoscopy in 15 seconds and, if a tumor is found, to perform your partial colon resection in 15 minutes.
Yeah! We need Doctors from Red China.
Healthcare could be one “H” of a lot less costly today were it not for government involvement thank you T. Kennedy.
Get the government out of our health, and watch the costs go down to affordable for everyone.
Actually, there are two sectors of Health Care where prices have followed the computer cost model — much more product for much less cost. Those sectors are lasic eye surgery and elective cosmetic surgery.
Oddly, those are two parts of the medical sector that are not covered by health insurance. Might be connection between market forces and lower prices for higher quality, ya think?
Only if we can automate medicine. Whattamaroon!
Apparently he doesn’t understand that the lower-cost, affordable computers are middle-to-lower-end, that they are not the best available. For the best, the price has remained remarkably high - and it should.
Who among us will NOT accept intermediate level electronics, if it will do the job we need?
Who among us WILL accept mediocre health care if excellence is available?
Who else among is believe that Berwick is an idiot?