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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
No, what I have said repeatedly is that the Bills before Congress will not fix the problems in healthcare, they will not control costs,
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The healthcare bill is not a solution to all that. Does not even claim to be. It addresses only some reasons for sky high costs.
But it does address a serious problem. So many Americans without any healthcare. Something approaching 40% of Americans have none. Many are playing games with "it will not happen to me" or "I always pay my bills" myths. If you have a serious illness and no health insurance, you will never pay those bills. Your credit rating destroyed for life.
In children hospitals, I am told the number without health insurance is closer to 60%. Making the kids victims.
Other programs are also necessary to address rising costs. This healthcare bill is only step one.
Now, where are costing rising? Insurance companies have somewhere around a 2% profit margin. Suppliers of medical equipment and big Pharma have double digit profit margins. That George Jr Medicaid plan did not help by keeping drug prices in America 40% higher. Making it a felony for Americans to buy the exact same drug in Canada or Mexico.
To address rising health costs means going after those with extreme profit margins and executives that are some of America's highest paid. We know a direct relationship exists between higher paid executives and less productive companies. This healthcare bill is not intended to address those problems.
Step one - first we must have what Massachusetts has - a health insurance system that is actually working. Step two comes later. Go after the reasons for escalating costs. With intentional political gridlock - we want Obama to fail - we cannot even do step one.