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

To: Lane3 who wrote (23201)	2/20/2012 4:12:43 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

Came across some interesting numbers. Clipped just the numbers part of the article. FWIW. "Here is the reality -- you can consult the Dartmouth Atlas for a lot of this info, but many other sources exist as well. There are approximately 2.5 million deaths in the US annually. Fully 1/3 of them occurs in the hospital, more that 1/2 of which involve ICU care. And incidentally, not to get all cost-conscious or anything, but 80% of all of the associated costs were due to ICU care. But wait, you say, this is not necessarily people in their 90s, right? OK, let's take it down a layer. Among the 1/3 of all the annual deaths that occur in the hospital, nearly 3/4 are among the Medicare population, or those who are 65 years old or older. Furthermore, according to none other than the Dartmouth Atlas, up to 1/4 of all Medicare enrollees spend 1 week in the ICU in the last 6 months of life. OK, then. So, where are the data that old age is associated with low medical costs? Not here, that's for sure." evimedgroup.blogspot.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (23201)	2/20/2012 5:49:43 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I do not consider the morning-after pill properly classified as a contraceptive. Thank you for clarifying that. Now explain to me why is should be lumped in as a contraceptive and forced to be covered by Presidential edict. Do you believe that Obama has the Constitutional authority to dictate behavior and business by pronouncement?