I recently got into a Twitter “debate” regarding M4A. When I started explaining how insurance works and how the real cost problem is not insurance, but how we use health care and […]
Healthy Change? – get the facts about the appealing promises – HumbleDollar
Please visit HumbleDollar.com to read the complete article outlining considerations related to universal health care. Clearly, there’s a growing frustration with the current U.S. system. Surveys show that 70% of Americans support […]
Health care gobbledygook from the Trump Department of HHS
“One of the most important mechanisms available to enhance the value Americans receive for their healthcare spending is increased competition. Market competition should *encourage healthcare providers to charge lower prices and provide […]
Why do we spend so much on prescription drugs?
There are several reasons. 💊While government subsidizes some of R&D it is not the major portion of the costs to develop new drugs and get them to market; it’s expensive. It can […]
As long as people don’t see paying for health care as their responsibility, costs will be uncontrollable.
In 1961 my health insurance consisted of hospitalization, inpatient physician services only based on a fee schedule and a fixed dollar amount toward x-rays and lab work each year ($25). No coverage […]
