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Originally posted by Webby
theking:
Just an observation 
The number of bankrupcties in the US over settling largish health care bills is ... well, obscene. Basically it boils down to "pay the earth" on some insurance premiums (another ripoff) and when they run out, sell your assets to pay the rest.
The average current spending per individual in the US on healthcare is $5400/year. There must be a load of very unheathy people there :-) Seriously.. this is ripped off my pharma corps selling drugs and crap at inflated costs (course we have to have "research money" *g*) with a deliberate no-barring from the Federal government who agreed not to even bargain on their drug purchases from the "dealers" - "We will pay whatever price you ask". That is crazy in any language.
There is probably little wrong with the US healthcare - got plenty good doc's and researchers - but the system is full of greed and ranks not too well on an international scale of readily available healthcare available in many other countries.
BTW.. this ain't any of that cliche "When you're running down my country hoss" crap - I've kinda given that up as a waste of time - I can see the day getting closer when all that may sink in. :-) There is far more to be concerned with than a load of BS patriotism.
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Medical care in the US is free enterprise...and costs an exorbitant amount. One of the reasons it is exorbitant (just one) is because of the expense of providing care for those that cannot pay or can pay little. Those losses are made up by charging a exorbitant amount for those that can pay...it is the way of free enterprise...pass the cost along to the consumer.
I personally favor legislation that requires all employers...big and small...to provide health insurance to all employees at a reasonable cost...and adust the economic impact accordingly. Another thing I favor legislation on is requiring all employers to have a retirement fund 401K or something similar...that is portable from job to job. These two things have been discussed throughout my lifetime...and unfortunately may be discussed until hell freezes over.
I am not in favor of most government run programs...as the government...at the local level...state level and federal level have poor track records when it comes to managing programs...so I prefer free enterprise being involved in health care and retirement over government sponsored program.