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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (18268)	7/8/2010 4:36:21 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 42652

"We would not have this mess if we hadn't allowed the government to get involved in health care back in the 60s. " exactly right, cost went straight up when they got involved. I've heard docs say they would charge 15 bucks for an office visit. So every once in a while they would try to charge 25 and the insurance company would say screw you. When the gov got involved they would try the 25 and the gov paid it right away, so they say hey and would try 50 and the gov paid right away and you know the rest of the story

To: i-node who wrote (18268)	7/9/2010 2:48:27 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"I'd rather it be in the US than anywhere in the world as far as quality of care" Why?

To: i-node who wrote (18268)	7/9/2010 2:50:25 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"As to cost, I wonder whether you mean "real" cost or the billed cost?" I mean costs as a percentage of GDP. For USA, this percentage is high with an upwards trend. Any continuation of that would meant that you would one day hit 50% of GDP in health care costs. Probably unrealistic, so what will stop it from rising to that level?

To: i-node who wrote (18268)	7/9/2010 2:54:37 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

"We would not have this mess if we hadn't allowed the government to get involved in health care back in the 60s." I still believe that costs would have increased a lot, because people live less healthy lives these days and technology has improved a lot, which means that many more things can be saved. Only 10-20 years back, a knife-stabbing into vital organs, 75% burns or 4 minutes under warm water would kill a patient. Today, these two can easily be survived without any significant consequence for the future life. This doesn't come for free.