The Health Care Crisis, Part I
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pinkyshow asked:
Dr. Hui explains what managed care organizations are, and their relationship to the current health care crisis in the U.S.
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September 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am
johninva
It’s a lot more complicated than republicans/democrats. The US is owned by corporations…and bases everything on what benefits those corporations. The corruption goes across any political line.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
true, goodhuemett
September 20th, 2008 at 5:15 am
The doctor union keeps salaries high by making it difficult to become a doctor. Thank you A.M.A.! I appreciate the fact I get a 4.0 gpa doctor who went to college for 15 years all to diagnose a silly ear infection or set a bone. It’s overkill. Double the number of doctors and all associated medical services and diagnostics and watch the unit price of health care fall in half while creating jobs. Why wont this happen? Doctors lobby. This keeps the government out of any anti-trust investigations.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
For all the people who are bringing up “who would pay for socialized medicine?” following it up by saying that the rich would have to pay for most of it and that would be unfair…
Yes the top 5% of our wealthiest pay for like half the taxes, but considering they have over half of the wealth in America, what would you expect? Do you really expect the people who have the least control over and least benefit from our economy to support our society?
September 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
The wealthy are a product of the society that they live in and therefore should contribute to that society. Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Paris Hilton would not be rich if they did not have access to healthy, educated, willing workers, dependable infrastructure (roads, energy, etc), free consumers, a justice system to keep them safe and allow them to keep their wealth etc. If you plopped any of these people in Somalia, they would not become rich, no matter how talented or hard working they are.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:06 am
America’s current system is the worst of both worlds: capitalism makes it so the health care industry is driven by profit not quality, insurance is a form of socialization with more middle men that takes away competition from providers.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Employees, not employers, should deduct health insurances cost.
Health care cost would be less wild if individuals held the purse strings on health care expenses.
Individuals would still band together to get a good deal and fairness from insurers.
Our current financial mess tracks back to Congress enabling FREDDIE MAC and ***** MAE. 2.5 trillion of easy to write (no down payment, no income proof) mortgages since 2001.
Don’t expect government arranged health care to be done right.
October 1st, 2008 at 7:35 am
My o my o my….the dems brought upon this financial crisis along with the head of Obama’s campain who was the CEO of ***** Mae. In order for him to increase his bonuses he had to take more risky loans that was pushed by the dems so they could win votes from dead beats. In 2006 the republicans/McCain tried to stop this but was shut down by the democrat congress.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:49 pm
hey 1963, you’re funny. I am a person who pays capitol gains tax, and I am a person who hires other people. You, poor fellow, can not think.
October 4th, 2008 at 3:09 am
people dont need to be living to the age of frigin 100. id say average life of 69 years is pretty good which apparently is 35th.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:11 am
in other words you pay to much money for almost no health insurance cause the health company’s lobby washington with it to make sure it stays that way. its called monopoly. health terrorisme haha l0ol al quadbluecross haha i ***** myself up somethimes really go to school >_>
October 6th, 2008 at 8:14 am
…really its fucking easy why the health care in the us doesnt work .. company terrorisme / corporate corruption. basicly the same thing here in europe you pay insurance and gett almost unlimited treathment if your poor then you also gett treathment that is provided by the state. due to the health company’s in the us give 5% of the normal health insurance in compaired to te amount of dollars wich is alot you can lead of that the companys and parts of the us goverment are criminal. the end.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Bullshit!! Digiman, the rich pay most of the taxes. All of them. You forgot all the others. Like capital gains or the corperate taxes. The rich also hire people to work. I never worked for a poor man. Have you?
October 9th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Pinky may have a liberal stance in many of her videos, but how is discussing the state of our health care system make someone a “dumb *** liberal”? Do you think health care is important to liberals only? That’s insulting liberals, independents, and conservatives.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:19 am
how about getting rid of the middleman, where hospitals could have their own health care programs?
October 14th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Health care was provided to everyone at one time before HNO’s took over. The increasing costs of file keeping, code management and paperwork required by these new HMO’s costs the doctors and hospitals a fortune in just these things alone. When I was a kid, most people who worked had Blue Cross blue Shield, and the doctors didn’t have to do anything except turn in a bill and get the money the were owed. I didn’t have to have a job to buy insurance. I paid $150 a month for full Blue Cross coverage
October 15th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
The healthcare “crisis” occured because government has already regulated health care. Its stupid, there needs to be no more government interference.
October 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
My name is Pinky, Stinky the loveable retarded cat. My name is Pinky Stinky and I don’t know where I’m at. If you know whats good for you, you’ll stay away from me… I’m a dumb *** liberal cat and you’ll just become like me.
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October 20th, 2008 at 12:58 am
People are their own worst enemy. They run to the doctor for anything to include getting a doctors note to get out of work. You bastards are destroying health care in America.
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
tHE ENTITTLED (WW2 GENERATION) IS THE LAST OF THE PEOPLE WHO GET CARE/ THE AVERAGE COST TO TREAT THEM IS 200,000 PER YEAR. THIS IS WHAT IS MAKING THE SYSTEM UNEQUITABLE. HEART BI PASS’S AND OTHER “SUPER TREATMENTS” KEEP THE SYSTEM BROKE AND PRICES CLIMBING. HOW ABOUT SIMPLE HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR? JUST TO HELP PREVENT OR ARREST THE CONDITION?
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
You are right. The normal laws of supply and demand don’t work in healthcare, and I do not want the U.S. government to regulate healthcare, thus screwing it up.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I meant our, not ur, sorry about that What I meant was income tax. Oh, and the top 10% pay 64.2% of total government revenue. The rich give the government most of its money.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
jsgoodfella, which taxes are you talking about? Do you mean income tax? You do know that that is not the same thing as payroll tax? right? Those who make the least, pay the most in payroll tax. Once you make $100,000.00 you don’t pay payroll taxes on the rest of the money. So, if you get one mill in payroll, you only pay payroll tax on $ one hundred thousand of that.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:20 am
but the worst conceivable system imagineable is one in which healthcare is monopolized by a single service provider. any economist can tell you why market monopolies are bad. monopolies, by their outlawing of competition in any given industry, are NOT subject to fair market price. they charge high prices and provide poor quality services. there is no incentive to innovate, make production more efficient, or lower prices, because there is no competition.
October 29th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
the potential for failure and excessive costs in a fee for service system exists when the government begins licensing service providers, and thus restricting competitive entry into the industry. this is protectionist legislation which restricts the amount of service providers available and allows the existing providers to charge high rates for their services.