Ilya
March 22, 2010, 8:37am
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Really, if our healthcare system is so fucking good how come other country’s people are living longer than us?
We are the most expensive due to the fact that our country produces less GP/PCP on purpose. Medical schools have closed and this is to make the profession more lucrative and increase in salaries. Doctors want to go into specialties due to the fact they have the opportunity to try and make more money. This is why a lot of GP’s are coming from other countries, because there is a huge need for it.
The costs of Healthcare are absurd due to many factors; 15% of money going in is to pay for ADMINISTRATIVE fees. Other countries like France and Germany have evolved by using TECHNOLOGY that allows patients to hold all their records on a usb type card, which allows for these huge costs of paperwork to dissolve.
Other countries focus mainly on preventative care and form relationships with their doctors, and they don’t prescribe insane and costly treatments unless that is deemed necessary. This is a huge cost savings to the insurance companies, and the tax payers.
The US health care system has been plagued for so many years, and we buy into new bullshit technology when in fact, many of the older equipment does its job just fine. The US also fucks itself by allowing pharmaceutical companies to run and basically monopolizing itself causing prices to be astronomical unless you have insurance.
The whole system needs to revamped from the start. Again, if our healthcare system is so fucking good, why do other people live longer and pay LESS than us?
Thank you.
A more educated response than I could have provided, but basically what I agree with.
My mom is a prime example. Her heart procedures cost more than two years worth of salary and there is no way it should cost that much. NO WAY.
She does better on herbal medicines and teas than she does on pills that doctors prescribe. When she says no to them, they try to tell her she is uncooperative. It’s BS.