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10. |
Technology:
Technology is great of course, but very
expensive. |
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9. |
Hospitals:
Overbuilding! More capacity than we can
ever utilize. More luxurious, more
expensive!! A MRI scanner on every
corner. |
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8. |
The
Pharmaceutical Industry: What goes into
the cost of a drug?
a. Research
b. Marketing....some unethical
c. Pressure for new drugs....though they
may do the same thing as old drugs
d. U.S. has the most access to new
prescription drugs ... but cost is high. |
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The
Insurance Industry: Insure their own
profit.
a. Free reign to raise price and lock us
in to pay.
b. Many new plans, not much real change.
c. Lobbying to block helpful legislation
to protect their profit. |
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6. |
Political
a. "Out of touch" - inexperience people
making decisions and policy
b. Not insisting that the insurance
business operate as free enterprise.
c. Blocking, or mitigating more medical
savings account legislation.
d. Also see Item 3 - "tort reform" |
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5. |
Physicians,
Medical Providers
a. Practice defensive medicine
b. Pharmaceutical industry pressure |
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4. |
Public
Sector vs. Private Sector
a. "Spillover" from public sector plans
b. Lack of Reality i.e. teachers/public
employees/unions pay nothing or close to
nothing for insurance despite having
Cadillac plans. |
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3. |
Legal...as
in tort reform
a. States that have no limits on
malpractice
b. Lawsuits arc reflected in
the price of all medical care. |
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2. |
People
...Habits
a. People are fatter than ever, more
inactive than ever and living longer
than ever.
b. People want cures that require little
to no participation from them, for
example, drug and surgery. |
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Peop1e ...
Attitudes
a. The health insurance card is a charge
card that has no monthly bill.
b. We will drive across town to use
double coupons at another grocery story,
but do not even ask what we have spent
when we leave the doctors office. We
need to shop based on the quality and
price of the needed service.
c. We need to have a 'informed consumer'
type attitude so that we can learn where
and how to apply pressure to the system
through grass roots efforts. |
