Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Man robs bank in order to obtain medical treatment
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 1557103" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>isolated cases needing specialists has zero to do with the other 99.9% of normal type healthcare. </p><p></p><p>as Spock famously said: "the needs of the many exceeds the needs of a few"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No one is claiming government run heathcare is without warts. but our system is broken and the most expensive in the world. while delivering one of the worst track records. </p><p></p><p>last time I looked Medicare for elderly folks is working and has been working for decades. what's broken is the unfettered profits incentives that's breaking our system. </p><p></p><p>rewards for tests and procedures... more tests, more $$$ profits. instead of rewarding for healthy patients like the Canadian and other government run system does. </p><p></p><p>our drug costs are the highest in the world. And don't give me the crap about how they are developed here... how we are paying costs to make for rest of word crap.... the truth is a LOT of drugs are discovered in labs subsidized by the US in form of research at our universities. </p><p></p><p>like the oil companies... drug companies enjoy some of the highest net profits on earth. why should the US pay drug prices 20x higher that rest of world? why are there laws preventing drugs to be rated by price? etc. etc. </p><p></p><p>there's LOADS more reason why a for profit attached to heathcare is bad for all except the HUGE Corporations making HUGE profits!!!!</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>no is entitled to anyone's services or products. just the the system delivering it is broken. all the incentives is broken... more tests means more profits and less risks of getting sued. </p><p></p><p>when in fact profits should be tied to how healthy your patient remains. </p><p></p><p>it's a fact Canadian doctors are among the highest paid in the world. </p><p>so don't say the doctors are not well rewarded in government run heathcare. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>No one claimed Canadian system is perfect ... there are drawbacks too.</p><p>but their system warts and all is light years ahead of ours in USA.</p><p></p><p>if medical condition was an emergency. it'd been taken care of immediately!!</p><p></p><p>I'm on a chainsaw forum with LOTS of Canadian and UK members. Chainsaw is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. so accidents do happen... LOTS of cases of Canadian citizens getting air lifted after a nasty chainsaw accident, then getting world class medical care afterwards. this included physical therapy... all at next to zero costs</p><p></p><p>vs someone in the USA getting hurt with same chainsaw accident.... they are automatically bankrupt from paying for medical care. this includes folks that had excellent heathcare insurance. </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>NO system is perfect... LOTS more folks are happy with the Canadian system. it's impossible to make everyone happy. </p><p></p><p>most folks ... even folks that's worked their entire lives building up substantial assets... are just ONE major medical event away from being bankrupt. this is even with good heathcare insurance. </p><p></p><p>our system is broken!!!! </p><p>really disappointed with Obamacare for the wrong reasons. </p><p></p><p>Obamacare added ALL the negatives without the benefits. </p><p>health insurance, drug companies, major hospital chains, etc were the BIG winners... not the folks that need help in getting cost of healthcare down. </p><p></p><p>in short all the negatives related to government heathcare mandates without the benefits... that's Obamacare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 1557103, member: 7629"] isolated cases needing specialists has zero to do with the other 99.9% of normal type healthcare. as Spock famously said: "the needs of the many exceeds the needs of a few" No one is claiming government run heathcare is without warts. but our system is broken and the most expensive in the world. while delivering one of the worst track records. last time I looked Medicare for elderly folks is working and has been working for decades. what's broken is the unfettered profits incentives that's breaking our system. rewards for tests and procedures... more tests, more $$$ profits. instead of rewarding for healthy patients like the Canadian and other government run system does. our drug costs are the highest in the world. And don't give me the crap about how they are developed here... how we are paying costs to make for rest of word crap.... the truth is a LOT of drugs are discovered in labs subsidized by the US in form of research at our universities. like the oil companies... drug companies enjoy some of the highest net profits on earth. why should the US pay drug prices 20x higher that rest of world? why are there laws preventing drugs to be rated by price? etc. etc. there's LOADS more reason why a for profit attached to heathcare is bad for all except the HUGE Corporations making HUGE profits!!!! no is entitled to anyone's services or products. just the the system delivering it is broken. all the incentives is broken... more tests means more profits and less risks of getting sued. when in fact profits should be tied to how healthy your patient remains. it's a fact Canadian doctors are among the highest paid in the world. so don't say the doctors are not well rewarded in government run heathcare. No one claimed Canadian system is perfect ... there are drawbacks too. but their system warts and all is light years ahead of ours in USA. if medical condition was an emergency. it'd been taken care of immediately!! I'm on a chainsaw forum with LOTS of Canadian and UK members. Chainsaw is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. so accidents do happen... LOTS of cases of Canadian citizens getting air lifted after a nasty chainsaw accident, then getting world class medical care afterwards. this included physical therapy... all at next to zero costs vs someone in the USA getting hurt with same chainsaw accident.... they are automatically bankrupt from paying for medical care. this includes folks that had excellent heathcare insurance. NO system is perfect... LOTS more folks are happy with the Canadian system. it's impossible to make everyone happy. most folks ... even folks that's worked their entire lives building up substantial assets... are just ONE major medical event away from being bankrupt. this is even with good heathcare insurance. our system is broken!!!! really disappointed with Obamacare for the wrong reasons. Obamacare added ALL the negatives without the benefits. health insurance, drug companies, major hospital chains, etc were the BIG winners... not the folks that need help in getting cost of healthcare down. in short all the negatives related to government heathcare mandates without the benefits... that's Obamacare. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Man robs bank in order to obtain medical treatment
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom