(October 3, 2013 at 11:33 pm)Lumpymunk Wrote: Tough to imagine how "healthcare" (really just insurance) can be considered more affordable when premiums shoot up 200-300%.
Does it do anything about tackling patent laws pertaining to pharmaceutical companies re-inventing their own drugs to resell at higher prices when patents run out? Nope.
Does it do anything about tackle frivolous lawsuits in medicine so doctors stop practicing defensive medicine and over-prescribing antibiotics? Nope.
Does it do anything to address the disconnection between patients and the costs of the health services they consume (via health care providers charging whatever, submitted the costs to insurance, and the insurance companies just paying whatever)? Nope.
Does it do anything to tackle the massive profits (wasteful costs) of health insurance companies soak in? Nope! It just turns the inefficient federal bureaucracy into a health insurance company. That is some good profits those health insurance companies make... guess the government wanted in on that action.
Does it even provide insurance for everyone? Nope.
Basically, it doesn't even address the problem... but it makes people FEEL like they're helping.
Is this you reading tea leaves, or just angry Tea Party 'letters to the editor'?
My wife's employer has already calculated a 200% savings on premiums for her. The reduction is largely due(as per their glossy full color booklet) to less overhead and profits being siphoned off by fat cats. Unless you are calling them liars, your blanket statement is all wet.
