RE: Our Great Helath Care System
August 9, 2014 at 9:22 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2014 at 9:24 pm by Isun.)
1) We most certainly do have a private health care system. The 50 employees is only recently and isn't a burden on the company. Nor did the government require any company to provide health care before. It was voluntary because they wanted to attract good employees.
Medicare is far cheaper than private healthcare and so is Medicaid.
2)It isn't the hospitals that don't get paid, it is the patient that doesn't get treated or ends up paying themselves.
3) We most certainly do have a market based healthcare system. It is the doctors and insurance company's that determine the price.
4) Bad idea. It is only in large numbers that we can influence price. If an individual was to go looking for insurance they would pay out the ears for it because they aren't able to scale prices by bringing in a large group. If we were actually shopping doctors for price then we would really be screwed because we wouldn't be able to negotiate lower prices as the insurance company's do.
Medicare is far cheaper than private healthcare and so is Medicaid.
2)It isn't the hospitals that don't get paid, it is the patient that doesn't get treated or ends up paying themselves.
3) We most certainly do have a market based healthcare system. It is the doctors and insurance company's that determine the price.
4) Bad idea. It is only in large numbers that we can influence price. If an individual was to go looking for insurance they would pay out the ears for it because they aren't able to scale prices by bringing in a large group. If we were actually shopping doctors for price then we would really be screwed because we wouldn't be able to negotiate lower prices as the insurance company's do.
