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1. Fraud, greed and overpricing run rampant in our health care system

Reply to eniwetok (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:46 PM

Feb 2017

Just look at the prices of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment etc. There's also a lot of wasteful spending on building unnecessary new hospital buildings with all of the latest and greatest equipment. All of that needs to be paid for somehow. Personally I think healthcare and pharma costs should be regulated like utilities. If they consider a price increase to be necessary, they should need to prove it with facts in support of the increase.

Our total mess of a healthcare system is what happens when you allow a utility like healthcare to be privatized. Healthcare provides have a captive audience and they know it.

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Health Care Spending: Why Is America Soooooooo Stupid? [View all] eniwetok Feb 2017 OP

Fraud, greed and overpricing run rampant in our health care system Calculating Feb 2017 #1

That latest and greatest equipment saves lives. ileus Feb 2017 #5

How much more research could we afford.... once we get rid of innefficiency? eniwetok Feb 2017 #6

I think we also need to look at patent law... eniwetok Feb 2017 #7

advertising crazycatlady Feb 2017 #9

I think the marketing and advertising industry is killing us. Initech Feb 2017 #11

This Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #20

There was an article in the NYT about how US companies were developing propriatary hips and tools... eniwetok Feb 2017 #24

Yes, I agree with you there. Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #12

Because god forbid somebody get something that someone else doesn't think they deserve. RedWedge Feb 2017 #2

Thanks for the numbers Ezior Feb 2017 #3

Choice is often inefficient... eniwetok Feb 2017 #4

We are talking about people here and there lies the problem. NOBODY wants to pay for something they Jim Beard Feb 2017 #8

Mexico's per capita spending $956.2 eniwetok Feb 2017 #13

Profit, profit, profit, profit, and profit. Initech Feb 2017 #10

profit alone would not be an issue.... eniwetok Feb 2017 #17

profits of insurance/big-pharma companies DrDan Feb 2017 #14

When making the argument it is also important to mention the life expectancy of these nations Victor_c3 Feb 2017 #15

sure... and if we compare US vs Canada eniwetok Feb 2017 #16

speaking of life expectancy... check out this spreadsheet! eniwetok Feb 2017 #18

This meme probably explains a lot too Victor_c3 Feb 2017 #19

whew! I knew Carson was a crackpot... so it was wacky but not unbelievable. nt eniwetok Feb 2017 #23

This hardly something nobody knew about... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #21

numbers are one thing... how to USE them is another. eniwetok Feb 2017 #22

We're not stupid: We're greedy. We refuse to make healthcare non-profit. lindysalsagal Feb 2017 #25

What part of "for profit" do you not understand? mountain grammy Feb 2017 #26