Something is seriously screw up with the medical system in the US

Gotta love American insurance and pharmaceutical companies!! YAY!!!

I'm with ya rockbox, there are major problems with our medical system..

 

Can I get a witness from the congregation !!

AMEN !!

DD

 

Bottom line: is your daughter OK? I'd just be grateful, man. Hopefully the $20 in 800 baht doesn't make you spend $200 in 8000 baht later. I know you didn't complain about the Thai system, but I see your point. I think insurance companies DO control most of the hospital stuff... the +20 minutes spent at the hospital could be blamed on all the red tape you must go through to get stuff cleared with everyone... which I agree is a joke.

 

NPR is starting a month long segment on the US health system.

They started by mentioning that Americans spend 2 trillion per year on health care.

$2,000,000,000,000.00


That's over 15% of the GDP. Absolutely nuts.

 

Which is why my wife and I decided to get an apartment in Ajijic Mexico (south of Guadalajara) this year to eventually move there in a few years. Initially we thought we wait on the move until we're ready to retire, but sheeesh, when you compare the medical costs in both places...no comparison. Mexico wins hands down.

RR

 

it's called, "lawsuits".

 

no, it's not. has next to nothing to do with it. tort reform has swept the nation. the district courts in harris county are so empty, they're talking about dissolving a couple of them and/or moving family dockets from the overcrowded family courts to them. are you paying less for medical care yet?? i saw data leading into the introduction of House Bill 4 here in TX where the insurance companies themselves were factoring in litigation as about 1% of the total cost of healtcare in this country.

 

Agree w/ MadMax. Very little to do with it.

Doctors play it up because it's an annoying part of their jobs. Healthcare companies play it up because the settlements could be large. They both blow it out of proportion.

 

and now with tort reform, damages are so capped it's not even a blip on the radar. meanwhile, health care costs keep rising.

 

i love how it costs at least $80 to see my doctor w/o insurance. and you're right. the wait is usually 20 minutes, with appointment, another 10 waiting in the actually room, and he sits down for 5 minutes, gives a prescription and off you go.

 

actually, i know little about the process i admit. but when you hear about malpractice suits all the time and how the costs for doctors increase, it is understandable that the increase is passed on to patients. all i know is, w/o my insurance, i'd rather almost cough up a lung than go to the doctors office.

 

And now that everyone bought that piece of Republican garbage, the healthcare industry has much less to worry about when they kill someone (and hundreds of thousands die each year from the system).

A lifelong Republican (small government), I despised the Republican agenda under Bush.

 

it would be un-american if it were efficient

 

it's an absolute joke. the pendulum swung so far right, it's silly. time for a correction.

 

We want the best everytime when the middle option will do in most cases.

 

yea
people beleived that crap
not Insurance companies and medical fields are making more money
and
the service still sucks
and still cost too much

nothing like propaganda

Rocket RIver

 

medical malpractice laws in texas are at their weakest point in a long, long time.

this is horses***, we are being jobbed by pharms and insurance companies.

 

I figure with the hold that insurance and healthcare companies have, we will never see national healthcare coverage and that is a shame.