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Originally Posted by Danzig
and as the report said, medical costs have exploded, while we have gotten no healthier. i think one issue is that doctors call for every test under the sun, even when not needed, to cover their ass if something odd was to pop up in future with a patient.
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We do have some of the most expensive healthcare in the world. 1/5 of our economy is healthcare. In other first world countries, it's half that.
That's why things like letting the gov. bargain for drugs would save billions or Medicare. And frankly? Opening up Medicare would be cheaper.
We have to get the exchanges opened up - see what more direct competition between the privates does to the prices.
We have to remember how our healthcare system is set up: insurance companies are only profitable when they are denying you healthcare; and drug companies are most profitable when they have the newest, limited availability drugs on patent.
Neither health insurance companies nor pharmaceutical companies make money by keeping you healthy. The US healthcare system is set up NOT to keep you healthy. It only profits when you are SICK.