The cost of healthcare really is out of control.
If people really want affordable health care, these are the things that need to change.
1. Get the lawyers out. Seriously, this is driving up the cost by multiples of 3-5 times (probably more IMHO). You can’t control anything until you control the lawyers.
2. Separation of insurance companies, hospitals, and physicians. They can’t own one another. Area monopolies are becoming a big problem.
3. Force people to have health care insurance (or be in a co-op), it can’t be ‘optional’ anymore.
4. Reduce medication expenses by ALWAYS giving people a generic option.
5. People need really important understanding of cost versus ‘success’ for many diseases. Spending a million dollars for chemo to extend life 2-3 months doesn’t make sense.
Healthcare is now financialized.
It is going to get much, much worse
“Force people to have health care insurance (or be in a co-op), it can’t be ‘optional’ anymore.”
The opposite would actually be better.
Ban health insurance.
Force everybody to pay for their own health care.
The costs would go down in a big hurry.
Uh, Obamacare forced everyone to get health insurance or be fined. Forcing people to get generic is a very bad idea. There is no quality control with the ingredients (and they are made in China) and they don’t always work the same or as well as generic.