Posted on 04/16/2015 10:47:20 AM PDT by free_life
I will answer any question you pose if I can, but not if you ignore my questions.
The central point remains:
Doctor earnings are down.
Hospitals are going out of business.
Insurance companies are flourishing.
As for the expenses of bringing drugs to market, how about how drug companies can change the casing of a drug in order to keep it from becoming generic?
The quality of doctors will decrease as we further socialize medicine. Technology however may save the day with less talented doctors using better technology it might be a push.
Obamacare, while a bad idea, has nothing to with the breakdown of medical care in America, nor the expenses. It’s a terrible response to a terrible system.
If the criminals in Congress had come up with any solutions at all, there would be no Obamacare.
The belief that the free market or supply and demand is driving prices the roof is wrong.
Insurance companies are taking the biggest portion of the profits in healthcare.
Very similar to how the mob offers “protection” to businesses.
Always follow the lobby money trail to know who is gently twisting the most arms.
Agree with all points. Insurance companies wrote obamacare but, the key here is all are people are now forced to buy it. So, by government mandate insurance companies are flourishing.
I don’t have a problem with life saving drugs—I know the prog’s hate big pharma since they have to pay for their products. I am somewhat familiar with the time and millions it takes to bring them to market. There are 100s of generics on the market along with pirated formulations sold in lots of countries.
I wonder if it was bureaucrats or insurance companies who wrote the “Customer Satisfaction” questionnaires that actually seem to be causing worse outcomes for patients who are being given everything they say or think they want, even when it is bad for them. Or are not being made uncomfortable with questions about their smoking or drinking habits. THese questionnaires need a major rewrite.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/the-problem-with-satisfied-patients/390684/
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