Comments on: Why Health Care is Broken & How Obamacare Will Bankrupt America

By: Jordan Bionda

Jordan Bionda — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:23:22 +0000

Superb. It’s the same here in Wellington. Can be very amusing, but that’s how it is in this day and age.

By: teresa leigh

teresa leigh — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:09:50 +0000

does the higher and higher cost of malpractice insurance end up causing higher and higher costs for the individual…also, b/c of this the doctors run more and more expensive “tests” to prevent law suits as well…with my understanding i do not see a way to deal with this very issue in what you have suggested…or will it just take care of itself…

By: Michael R Stoddard

Michael R Stoddard — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:59:49 +0000

Yes, there is a high correlation between the introduction of the medicaid and medicare systems and the escalation in health care costs.

By: Michael R Stoddard

Michael R Stoddard — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:57:13 +0000

Excellent distinction between “Health Insurance” and “Prepaid Health Care”. Thank you

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:07:06 +0000

Thinking along the same lines, rather than spending money to fight the fraud associated with the medicaid system, it would be better to abolish they medicaid system. This may seem cold and heartless, as it is currently the only way some people are receiving medical care. The savings (from the elimination of the massive supporting bureaucracy) associated with shutting the system down would cycle through and decrease the costs of the services. And, to top it all off, you wouldn’t have any of the fraud associated with the system.

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:49:57 +0000

More simplified, we need to re-establish health insurance, which is cost efficient and risk management effective, and damn this “prepaid healthcare” that has been parading around as health insurance, and conning all of the uninformed users of medical services into thinking it is a good thing, while fleecing them at the same time and blaming free markets for the high costs.

By: teresa leigh

teresa leigh — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:46:12 +0000

This is so true. When we must pay for the consequences of our choices, we usually look more carefully at our choices.
Where would you put the new “hot” wellness care industry in this mix?

By: teresa leigh

teresa leigh — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:35:00 +0000

what about spending some money and defeat the fraud going on…that equals very big bucks…that is being ignored…why?…
there is more fraud with medicaid and people are constantly enabling it…