The Medical System
Jan 17, 2022 11:40:19 #
Ichiban365 wrote:
The problem with health care in the US is greedy runaway capitalism, not socialism.
Virtually every decision is influenced by money, and it never works in favor of the general population.
Jan 17, 2022 11:49:47 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Virtually every decision is influenced by money, and it never works in favor of the general population.
Very true, regardless of the country or the political system.
Jan 17, 2022 11:50:48 #
Ferris
Loc: South Carolina
Ichiban365 wrote:
No, here in the US the decision is made by a facel... (show quote)
I fully appreciate your evaluation. My primary point is that the profession of medicine in the US has been corrupted by the initial incursion of government into medical care with Medicare in the 1960s, which was purportedly aimed at retirees at age 65 with a life expectancy then of about 67 or so. The massive increase in the cost of medical care can be attributed in large part to the profiteers and bureaucracy that invaded the profession. I recently had a procedure on my back not “approved” by Medicare that has resulted in major pain relief for which there was no other treatment short of narcotics; I paid out of pocket. If it had been approved by Medicare, the approved charges would have been some- fold higher than what I paid. I know we will never go back to the lower cost of Medicine as a pure profession. Bureaucratic guidelines and dictates as prescriptions for medical therapies are a bad substitute for true professional management.
Jan 17, 2022 12:50:41 #
The overt cynicism permeating this discussion is like overconsumption of alcohol. They can both bring into question the credibility of the opiner.
The U.S. health care system has some serious flaws that need to be addressed. But to blame everything on greedy corporations and government overreach???
When faced with the need for medical care I'd still rather be in the U.S. than in most other parts of the world.....
The U.S. health care system has some serious flaws that need to be addressed. But to blame everything on greedy corporations and government overreach???
When faced with the need for medical care I'd still rather be in the U.S. than in most other parts of the world.....
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