The grants to the states will end up in the hands of corrupt insurance commissioners and will give them even more money to siphon off for themselves. The one in Kansas just went to jail and there are some others being investigated as we speak.
Yeah, the same “Curious” that asked a question about creating free market competition from the article about Leahy’s proposed anti-trust legislation.
In the same vein, since tort reform is typically legislated at the state level, as much as those of us in “the industry” would like to see it, wouldn’t it be difficult to coordinate national tort reform without taking that power away from the states?
And secondly, if, heaven forbid, we ended up with Co-ops which morphed into a Public Option, which is simply a Trojan Horse for a Single Payor system, wouldn’t the same governmental immunity that protects municipalities, states & the military, also limit litigation on a totally government run… (sorry I just threw up a little in my mouth…) health care program?
Appreicate feedback on this issue from some of you experts out there, again, so I’ll be better armed to discuss these issues with my “progressive” acquaintances.
Yep, I said it. You people don’t have the slightest idea of which you speak. “Fraudulent administration”, etc, ad nauseum. What a bunch of self-riotous fools. Have any of you been to a doctor in the past five years? Had a family member with a major illness? Been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by co-pays and deductibles? I bet not. Also betting none of you have any clue as to how much malpractice premiums actual cost physicians.
Single-payer is the only way to avoid more fraud, graft and excess by health insurers, who are ONLY in it for their profits (and don’t plead to me about the so-called “non” profits. They’re just as bad. Google “Blue Cross” and “rescission”). Take the profit motive out of health insurance and you might just have something. Otherwise it continues to be underwritten exactly as auto insurance.
Yay! We’re 36th in the world (quality)_ and #1 for cost!
Legal drinking age is set by the state, so how did the federal government force a federal reg on states? Easy, MONEY. Those states that did not have drinking age set to 21 were denied or reduced federal dollars for streets and roads. Same hammer could be applied to states regarding tort reform with medicaid dollars. Or you could go the liberal route and state its “for the children”
==Yay! We’re 36th in the world (quality)_ and #1 for cost!==
Right. That’s why so many people come here from nations listed above us by the WHO.
The WHO judged a country’s quality of health on life expectancy. But that’s a lousy measure of a health-care system. Many things that cause premature death have nothing do with medical care. We have far more fatal transportation accidents than other countries. That’s not a health-care problem.
Similarly, our homicide rate is 10 times higher than in the U.K., eight times higher than in France, and five times greater than in Canada.
When you adjust for these “fatal injury” rates, U.S. life expectancy is actually higher than in nearly every other industrialized nation.
Diet and lack of exercise also bring down average life expectancy.
Another reason the U.S. didn’t score high in the WHO rankings is that we are less socialistic than other nations. What has that got to do with the quality of health care? For the authors of the study, it’s crucial. The WHO judged countries not on the absolute quality of health care, but on how “fairly” health care of any quality is “distributed.” The problem here is obvious. By that criterion, a country with high-quality care overall but “unequal distribution” would rank below a country with lower quality care but equal distribution.
It’s when this so-called “fairness,” a highly subjective standard, is factored in that the U.S. scores go south.
The U.S. ranking is influenced heavily by the number of people — 45 million — without medical insurance. As I reported in previous columns, our government aggravates that problem by making insurance artificially expensive with, for example, mandates for coverage that many people would not choose and forbidding us to buy policies from companies in another state.
Even with these interventions, the 45 million figure is misleading. Thirty-seven percent of that group live in households making more than $50,000 a year, says the U.S. Census Bureau. Nineteen percent are in households making more than $75,000 a year; 20 percent are not citizens, and 33 percent are eligible for existing government programs but are not enrolled.
For all its problems, the U.S. ranks at the top for quality of care and innovation, including development of life-saving drugs. It “falters” only when the criterion is proximity to socialized medicine.
We need major tort reform, potability, and allowing companies to well in any state they wish. None of that would cost the govt a dime.
But if the real purpose was to bankrupt the country while imposing authortarianism on the populace, then Hussein’s “plan” would be just what the doctor ordered.
Adjuster, people like you that have to bring racism into every disagreement are never to be taken seriously; therefore, I am requesting IJ to remove your comment. Until you can actually get a brain yourself and some constructive arguments, your comments can remain with you. Grow up! Not every comment that you disagree with is race related. Maybe you should sue him for a hate crime! Big Baby!
Just the intelligent repartee I would expect from a Faux News Head.
Put down the keyboard and go back to Uncle Glen..he’ll tell you all you need to know. Better yet, find a phrenologist to better identify your psychosis.
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The grants to the states will end up in the hands of corrupt insurance commissioners and will give them even more money to siphon off for themselves. The one in Kansas just went to jail and there are some others being investigated as we speak.
Yeah, the same “Curious” that asked a question about creating free market competition from the article about Leahy’s proposed anti-trust legislation.
In the same vein, since tort reform is typically legislated at the state level, as much as those of us in “the industry” would like to see it, wouldn’t it be difficult to coordinate national tort reform without taking that power away from the states?
And secondly, if, heaven forbid, we ended up with Co-ops which morphed into a Public Option, which is simply a Trojan Horse for a Single Payor system, wouldn’t the same governmental immunity that protects municipalities, states & the military, also limit litigation on a totally government run… (sorry I just threw up a little in my mouth…) health care program?
Appreicate feedback on this issue from some of you experts out there, again, so I’ll be better armed to discuss these issues with my “progressive” acquaintances.
Yep, I said it. You people don’t have the slightest idea of which you speak. “Fraudulent administration”, etc, ad nauseum. What a bunch of self-riotous fools. Have any of you been to a doctor in the past five years? Had a family member with a major illness? Been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by co-pays and deductibles? I bet not. Also betting none of you have any clue as to how much malpractice premiums actual cost physicians.
Single-payer is the only way to avoid more fraud, graft and excess by health insurers, who are ONLY in it for their profits (and don’t plead to me about the so-called “non” profits. They’re just as bad. Google “Blue Cross” and “rescission”). Take the profit motive out of health insurance and you might just have something. Otherwise it continues to be underwritten exactly as auto insurance.
Yay! We’re 36th in the world (quality)_ and #1 for cost!
Legal drinking age is set by the state, so how did the federal government force a federal reg on states? Easy, MONEY. Those states that did not have drinking age set to 21 were denied or reduced federal dollars for streets and roads. Same hammer could be applied to states regarding tort reform with medicaid dollars. Or you could go the liberal route and state its “for the children”
==The U.S. healthcare industry costs $2.5 trillion annually but leaves 46 million Americans uninsured and with little access to medical care.==
Baloney.
12M? illegal aliens
8M can afford it but don’t buy it
10M qualify for Medicare but don’t apply
Hussein himself has said it was 46M, 47M, and last week during his pack o’ lies before a join session of congress, he said 30M.
A stopped clock is right twice a day. Hussein? Not so much.
Gee thanks for the racist nutball opinion.
YOU lie. But then if you knew just how stupid you sounded…
Whatever. Go back to Faux News and put down the keyboard and brain. They’ll tell you all your little head needs to know.
==Yay! We’re 36th in the world (quality)_ and #1 for cost!==
Right. That’s why so many people come here from nations listed above us by the WHO.
The WHO judged a country’s quality of health on life expectancy. But that’s a lousy measure of a health-care system. Many things that cause premature death have nothing do with medical care. We have far more fatal transportation accidents than other countries. That’s not a health-care problem.
Similarly, our homicide rate is 10 times higher than in the U.K., eight times higher than in France, and five times greater than in Canada.
When you adjust for these “fatal injury” rates, U.S. life expectancy is actually higher than in nearly every other industrialized nation.
Diet and lack of exercise also bring down average life expectancy.
Another reason the U.S. didn’t score high in the WHO rankings is that we are less socialistic than other nations. What has that got to do with the quality of health care? For the authors of the study, it’s crucial. The WHO judged countries not on the absolute quality of health care, but on how “fairly” health care of any quality is “distributed.” The problem here is obvious. By that criterion, a country with high-quality care overall but “unequal distribution” would rank below a country with lower quality care but equal distribution.
It’s when this so-called “fairness,” a highly subjective standard, is factored in that the U.S. scores go south.
The U.S. ranking is influenced heavily by the number of people — 45 million — without medical insurance. As I reported in previous columns, our government aggravates that problem by making insurance artificially expensive with, for example, mandates for coverage that many people would not choose and forbidding us to buy policies from companies in another state.
Even with these interventions, the 45 million figure is misleading. Thirty-seven percent of that group live in households making more than $50,000 a year, says the U.S. Census Bureau. Nineteen percent are in households making more than $75,000 a year; 20 percent are not citizens, and 33 percent are eligible for existing government programs but are not enrolled.
For all its problems, the U.S. ranks at the top for quality of care and innovation, including development of life-saving drugs. It “falters” only when the criterion is proximity to socialized medicine.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/08/why_the_us_ranks_low_on_whos_h.html
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We need major tort reform, potability, and allowing companies to well in any state they wish. None of that would cost the govt a dime.
But if the real purpose was to bankrupt the country while imposing authortarianism on the populace, then Hussein’s “plan” would be just what the doctor ordered.
Wow, lotsa namecalling from you (an obvious homosexual) but no reasoned discourse.
What did I say that was racist, you theif and serial killer?
Adjuster, people like you that have to bring racism into every disagreement are never to be taken seriously; therefore, I am requesting IJ to remove your comment. Until you can actually get a brain yourself and some constructive arguments, your comments can remain with you. Grow up! Not every comment that you disagree with is race related. Maybe you should sue him for a hate crime! Big Baby!
Just the intelligent repartee I would expect from a Faux News Head.
Put down the keyboard and go back to Uncle Glen..he’ll tell you all you need to know. Better yet, find a phrenologist to better identify your psychosis.
Have a great day!