The current proposal in Congress does not address any of the most meaningful issues in health care:
1) The need for single-payer insurance...Multi-payer systems inflate health care costs and give 8-12% of total health system costs to private insurers in system waste
2) True universality of coverage in a plan that doesn’t create a second-class citizenry of the insured...Congressional plans still leave 10-15% of our country not insured and create a second-class system of the poor insured that will place them below Medicaid recipients with respect to stigma and prioritization of care
3) The crisis of doctor shortages and primary care deficits in American medical care...Doctors are retiring at record rates and they are only being replaced at 75-85% rate because of a monopoly and market-control of the MD control by the AMA. Also, we have a 2/3 primary care / specialist ratio and 40% less per-capita doctors than the best European and Scandinavian countries. We have plenty of dermatologists and radiologists but not enough doctors to complete basic screenings and offer fundamental preventative care
4) Tax shortages for the Federal government and a lack of funding for the Medicare (and Social Security) trust funds...With a $13 trillion deficit and annual budget deficits of greater than $500B, our country and our entitlement programs are heading for bankruptcy...The idea of providing greater benefits without tax hikes is a myth impossible through policy
5) Tort reform and the end of defensive medicine...The featured research section of my website discusses the true costs of defensive medicine, which are high and staggering. Most studies that indicate these costs are 0.5% of total system costs are flawed econometric studies that poorly measure true indirect effects on health care costs within our American system
My website addresses these issues, and many more, as they related to health policy, comparative health systems and public health. I encourage you to all check the site out and appreciate your visits. Every visit also raises money that goes 100% to charity to fight disease.
The url is: satvathealthcare.com
Thanks,
Amir Satvat
MBA in Health Care Management, The Wharton School
MPA in Health Policy and Management, New York University
Former Health Care Investment Banker, Goldman Sachs
Posted February 17, 2010 at 10:12 pm |
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