TheRealMafoo on 22 April 2009
| Slimebeast said: Problem with private healthcare is that the producer has such an upper hand in knowledge. The consumer can't know if he really needs the product or not. The producer can always say: - 'hey, we need to take these extra special blood samples, and you also need to go through a magnetic resonance scan' - 'oh, ok.' And of course the producer has a huge economical motive to do all these unneccessary examinations because they bring in a lot of cash. |
The problem with our current system, is the consumer doesn’t care what it costs. If I have insurance, I never price shop. I never ask why it costs so much, or question it. I can go to the hospital for a cold, pay my 20 bucks, and go home.
The consumer doesn’t care that it just cost $400 for 5 minutes of a consultation. They are not paying it.
Our current healthcare system is so screwed up, it’s not even funny. Socializing it however, is not the answer. Regulating it is.
