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Posted on 10/05/2026 8:02:17 AM PDT by spintreebob
Healthcare is facing a wave of high-stakes litigation that could redefine drug pricing, insurance oversight, health technology competition, AI deployment, labor policy and public health regulation. The cases span nearly every corner of the industry, with courts increasingly serving as the venue where major policy disputes are decided. Together, these legal fights will influence how healthcare is paid for, regulated and delivered in the years ahead.
From 340B drug pricing and Medicare Advantage star ratings to competition, antitrust claims against Epic Systems and patient privacy disputes, courts are increasingly becoming the battleground for some of healthcare's biggest policy and business fights.
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a new legal frontier. Lawsuits are challenging insurers' use of algorithms in claims determinations and AI developers' liability for medical advice and diagnoses.
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The government must fill the vacuum...the need to resolve differences rather than the free market. The government is inherently inefficient. Much of the money goes to the lawyers and lawsuits....and to avoiding lawsuits and government regulation.... and not to the customer... nor to the private business.
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That works out to be close to $3,000 per year per American resident.
Family of four? ~$12,000/year
For health care, bring on market force:
1. Break most hospitals into two highly competitive entities.
2. Convert other hospitals into real estate leasing entities with competing surgical suites and nursing wings.
3. Separate out drug coverage so hospital systems can run care coverage systems and cut out insurance company overhead and meddlers.
4. Create interstate drug plans that donโt have to pay what the drugmaker wants for every drug. To qualify for exchange listing and federal subsidies, they would have to most (~80% or more) in all important types (large volume recombinant, small volume recombinant, breakthroughs under patent, etc.). Group and exchange plans to offer time-limited vouchers at plan set amounts for out-of-formulary drugs. Voucher plans would have variable premiums. Plans without minimums (or vouchers) could be vended directly to individuals and families.
5. These plans would be all the doctors (and computer algorithms) prescribe for formulary drugs with co-pays equal to manufacturing cost
6. Reform medical education, breaking down medicine and dentistry into simpler chunks and start it in the first year of college
7. Replace most primary care doctoring with algorithmic computer-based care.
(Insurers would pay human doctors to confirm computer diagnosis, orders for expensive tests[MRI, genetic], prescribe radiation imaging[CT, PET, X-ray]/treatment, and voucher/government co-pay drugs. Other human doctor care would be private pay.)
8. Place radioisotope-related care at international airport centers.
There is only one viable way at this time to gfix our healthcare insurance disaster, Immediately put EVERY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IN AMERICA on Obamacare at their own expense. Then and only then will CONgress get serious and fix the problems.
You want costs to come down, quality to improve, get government the hell out of it, except as a safety net for the truly indigent.
That is also a way to make sure vaccines are a lot safer.
Require every member of Congress to take every vaccine approved for adults every year.
If they get caught faking it they get ten years in prison mandatory.
Tax citizens.
Use tax dollars to feed the unfortunates.
Use tax dollars to pay healthcare professionals and drug companies to assist the unfortunates in losing weight.
Repeat until money dries up or revolution.
To not do so is racist, lardist or bullying
“Then and only then will CONgress get serious and fix the problems.”
Most of the problems are at the state level. States regulate providers such as doctors and hospitals.
“Require every member of Congress to take every vaccine approved for adults every year.”
Key company people and significant shareholders, roll up your sleeves.
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