| Peh said: Excuse my ignorance, but isn't the core problem that the healthcare is a business in the first place in the US? They make money with the lifes of people and try to get rich in the process.
From what I see is that everything related to health is extraordinary expensive. Before the ACA if you got medical treatment you've ended in such debts that you could'nt pay them off with you avarage joe job. A bullet to the head would be the fastest way to enjoy "life". Correct me if I am wrong, but I guess it was way worse than it is now. |
Unless healthcare reform comes with tort reform, loan forgiveness for doctors and nurses, and jobs programs for the administrative staff who will be laid off -- healthcare is always going to "be a business" in the United States. There are too many common people invested in the system. It (the healthcare industry) is the largest employer in our economy, doctors have high malpractice fees and student loans which means they need to make a lot of money or otherwise we'd have the same doctor shortages that Britain and Canada have, so on and so forth. There are ways costs can be reduced though by making prices transparent, uniform, and reducing drug overregulation. Also by incentivising preventative care and disincentivising luxury care.
