I'm of the opinion that something as important as health care should not be run for profit. When run for profit, hospitals cut staff, reduce the number of beds, underpay everyone but the management (who are grossly overpaid), neglect standards for cleanliness, and bankrupt patients without remorse. Any "market based" service is by definition going to be too expensive for a large chunk of the population and health care is so basic a need that everyone should have access to it.
We are going to have to move to some form of national health insurance sooner or later and I say let's do it now. A bunch of people are going to have to change careers but I have no sympathy for them. The top heavy management system running our hospitals deserve nothing but the boot. They do no public service. They are vampires. The people profiting from health insurance also receive no sympathy from me. Maybe they could get a job doing good for the people, like becoming nurses or doctors.
For emergency style health insurance for someone living the "American Dream" of entrepreneurship the minimum I've found per month (for a healthy male in his mid 40's) is around $150. That's a $10,000 deductible, meaning it covers nothing short of the catastrophic. That's not health insurance, it's robbery.
When the revolution comes, let's line the CEO's up next to lawyers.
We are going to have to move to some form of national health insurance sooner or later and I say let's do it now. A bunch of people are going to have to change careers but I have no sympathy for them. The top heavy management system running our hospitals deserve nothing but the boot. They do no public service. They are vampires. The people profiting from health insurance also receive no sympathy from me. Maybe they could get a job doing good for the people, like becoming nurses or doctors.
For emergency style health insurance for someone living the "American Dream" of entrepreneurship the minimum I've found per month (for a healthy male in his mid 40's) is around $150. That's a $10,000 deductible, meaning it covers nothing short of the catastrophic. That's not health insurance, it's robbery.
When the revolution comes, let's line the CEO's up next to lawyers.
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If you count Big Pharma, the Medical Mafia is a trillion dollar global juggernaut. I fear only the complete collapse of civilization as we know it will stop them