Comments on: What does the current health care system in the US really cost? http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/ Health care issues Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ArgleBargleWoogleBoo http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 ArgleBargleWoogleBoo Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:12:41 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1492 About twice what the other industrialized nations with socialized medicine pay per person. About twice what the other industrialized nations with socialized medicine pay per person.

]]> By: yupchagee http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 yupchagee Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:46:33 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1491 about 15% of GDP. The highest in the world (by far). about 15% of GDP. The highest in the world (by far).

]]> By: Grown Man http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Grown Man Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:21:42 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1490 You shouldn't need insurance for everyday doctor crap. That happened when companies could get tax breaks for giving BlueCross out as an employee benefit. Combined with medicare and medicade, enough people weren't directly paying the full price, so doctors could raise it ridiculously to the point that you needed insurance. If you had to pay out of pocket or out of a privatized savings account, they wouldn't be able to charge that ridiculous price because they'd go out of business, and you wouldn't need insurance or government programs. You shouldn’t need insurance for everyday doctor crap. That happened when companies could get tax breaks for giving BlueCross out as an employee benefit. Combined with medicare and medicade, enough people weren’t directly paying the full price, so doctors could raise it ridiculously to the point that you needed insurance.

If you had to pay out of pocket or out of a privatized savings account, they wouldn’t be able to charge that ridiculous price because they’d go out of business, and you wouldn’t need insurance or government programs.

]]> By: Pro-American http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Pro-American Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:12:07 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1489 It costs to much for ONE REASON, the government is involved. Get the government out of it and the free market would fix the problem. GUARANTEED! It costs to much for ONE REASON, the government is involved. Get the government out of it and the free market would fix the problem. GUARANTEED!

]]> By: avail_skillz http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 avail_skillz Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:55:14 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1488 you forgot that we also pay for bankruptcies for the unisured via higher health care costs, which tends to be a pretty fair amount, considering health care bills are the cause of over 50% of bankruptcies. how many of them occur annually in the USA??? and how many of the other remaining percentage include health care bills, even if they aren't the cause?? a universal health care plan should allieviate this problem, bringing heath care costs down, bringing health care insurance down for the individual and businesses that provide it as a benefit, and reduce losses to healthcare providers, benefitting everyone. Its all about structuring things properly so they do not become burdens, or greater problems. you forgot that we also pay for bankruptcies for the unisured via higher health care costs, which tends to be a pretty fair amount, considering health care bills are the cause of over 50% of bankruptcies. how many of them occur annually in the USA???
and how many of the other remaining percentage include health care bills, even if they aren’t the cause??

a universal health care plan should allieviate this problem, bringing heath care costs down, bringing health care insurance down for the individual and businesses that provide it as a benefit, and reduce losses to healthcare providers, benefitting everyone.

Its all about structuring things properly so they do not become burdens, or greater problems.

]]> By: civil_av8r http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 civil_av8r Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:08:18 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1487 My wife and I pay about $4000/yr for dental, eyes, and everday/emergency health insurance My wife and I pay about $4000/yr for dental, eyes, and everday/emergency health insurance

]]> By: Steve http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Steve Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:55:22 +0000 http://www.healthcaretreatment.net/blog/healthcare/what-does-the-current-health-care-system-in-the-us-really-cost/648/#comment-1486 I have decent insurance and I find the system obtuse and infuriating. The patchwork of coverage with insurance companies being willing to pay for some procedures and not others, and even some elements of a procedure and not others is absolutely absurd. For example, my wife went in for a scheduled operation at a hospital in her network. But only after did she discover that the anesthesiologist wasn't covered. So we had to pay that bill ourselves. How is our system wonderful when a hospital can be covered, but the people working in that hospital not covered? Add to this the frequent double-billing, missed payments by the insurance, missed bills by hospital, and I have a hard time imagining why anyone likes our current system. I have decent insurance and I find the system obtuse and infuriating.

The patchwork of coverage with insurance companies being willing to pay for some procedures and not others, and even some elements of a procedure and not others is absolutely absurd. For example, my wife went in for a scheduled operation at a hospital in her network. But only after did she discover that the anesthesiologist wasn’t covered. So we had to pay that bill ourselves.

How is our system wonderful when a hospital can be covered, but the people working in that hospital not covered? Add to this the frequent double-billing, missed payments by the insurance, missed bills by hospital, and I have a hard time imagining why anyone likes our current system.

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