Rip
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quote: Originally posted by josh
Religious beliefs have been argued since the beginning of time...lets stick to the countrys finacial problems before tackeling that one.
Rip, While I agree that lawsuits have done their fair share to increase healthcare costs.....I dont think its completely honest to lay all the blame at their feet.
The hospitals themselves have to shoulder some of the blame also, they figured out long ago they could inflate charges for those that had no accountability for paying the bill - insurance or government -
There is just no incentive to cut costs in our current system....
Actually no Josh you are wrong. It's not the hospitals. It's a direct result of the lawyers stealing every chance they get.
Whether you realize it or not physicians salaries only account for LESS THAN 10% of healthcare costs.
Lawyers are more than 33%, yep nearly 1 in 3 healthcare dollars goes to a lawyer. It's sad that the ones stealing, who add no value to the patient makes 3 times as much as the ones actually helping the patient to get well.
Then you have to add in defensive medicine, that's when a provider orders a test not becaue of medical need, but to cover him/her in case of a lawsuit.
Then you have the gubment regulations, hospitals can only buy from certian people who have to document tons of stuff and it has to be approved by the gubment. Then only certian people are allowed to administer it.
For an example check out the difference in prices for antibiotics for dogs and humans. Say Flagyl, same antibiotic. You can get it for your dogs way, way, way cheaper than you can even buy it generic for humans because of gubment regulation. Then add in the documentation, time and regulations in a hospital setting you will see very quickly where the cost comes from, gubment and lawyers.
Sure hospitals do have some mark up, every business does but they need to stay above water and make some profit. But by far the biggest cost in healthcare is from lawyers and the gubment.
You didn't address the fact that doctors go to jail for treating people for free. Why is that OK and why does the gubment not want them to treat people that need it for free? Because they want complete and total control that's why and the best way to get it is to create a crisis by hook or crook and then come up with the "solution" that involves the largest tax increase and largest power grab in American history.
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