Here’s the best thing you’ll about health care read all day. “Patient Money” asked: how can the country reduce health care costs while not compromising quality? And instead of asking pundits and politicians, they asked doctors. Responses included a wide variety of suggestions, from insuring catastrophes only to changes in malpractice law to ending overtreatment. Here’s a great suggestion from Dr. David Ludwig on treating childhood obesity (our favorite topic of late):
“We struggle constantly to get reimbursement for services at my clinic. This is terribly short-sighted. Society could spend one thousand dollars now for comprehensive medical care for an obese child, or it could spend one hundred thousand dollars later for that patient’s coronary artery bypass surgery. Every insurance company figures it’s not their problem: an obese kid will likely be with a different carrier by the time he or she starts to experience costly health complications.”
I recommend reading the whole thing at Patient Money. Photo by a.drian.
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Newsweek pointed to a good solution a few weeks back: http://www.newsweek.com/id/234514
Nice read. And so with this one *points up* Thanks!
Take the time before the problems occur. It makes sense.
An ounce of prevention IS worth a pound of cure.
Take care of a cold before it becomes pneumonia.
Eat healthier. Get some exercise. Laugh and enjoy.
Well, yes, obviously if you are able to do so, prevention is a better bet than emergency treatment. But how do get insurance companies to pay for this? Keep in mind that if preventive efforts are to work, each patient, from infants to the elderly, need some intense face-to-face time with a health care provider – nurse, doctor, PA, whatever. That costs money. My kids' annual physicals — 20 minute appointments which consist solely of a weight and height check, ear-nose-throat check, heart and lung listen, and reading off a long list of "do you do this/that" questions — each of these appointments is billed at $120. If we did not have insurance and had to pay this out of pocket, we would not be having these appointments, even though I know they are valuable: $120 buys us two weeks of groceries.
I'm all for healthcare being a competitive industry. The wellness clinics they have in grocery stores are great for those of us who aren't insured.
The reality is that people will not take care of themselves and obesity will be a problem until we're too poor to afford to overeat.
I am in favor of tort reform. I think that this would lower the cost of medical care.
Well, that's very easy actually. The free market has been the very best mechanism ever devised by man to deliver the highest quality product at the lowest possible price to the most number of people as possible.
The only trouble arises when the federal government distorts market data and values through actions like subsidizing health care and insurance (which the insurance companies love, by the way). This causes an artificial increase in demand for a relatively stable supply of goods (health care/insurance).
Economics 101 tells us that when demand increases for a stable supply of goods, what happens?
Prices go up.
Government is the cause of our woes, not the solution. Government must get out of the way and we have to allow the market to work to bring down these costs and increase quality for all Americans.
Business must be balanced with ethics. Health should not be a get as much money as possible. The market needs to have a cap or only the wealthy could afford it.
Health -care is a staple as food is a staple.
A new system needs to be created, some doctors are practicing boutique medicine, where patients pay a retainer, and doctors have more time for each patient, and sometimes even make house calls. I don't know what the answer is, but it's a big dilemma.
A new system needs to be created, some doctors are practicing boutique medicine, where patients pay a retainer, and doctors have more time for each patient, and sometimes even make house calls. I don't know what the answer is, but it's a big dilemma.
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I have heard many people who have "free" medical care, comment about going to the emergency room for minor illnesses after hours because ir is more convenient for them. I have also heard emergency care workers comment about unnecessary emergency room by people getting "free" medical care. Meanwhile, those who pay for medical insurance and must pay deductibles, copays, and a percentge of the charges avoid unnecessay emergency room visits. Perhaps if unnecessary emergency room visits were not treated or those who have "free" medical care were required to pay out of their own pocket prior to treatment for unnecessary emergency room visits it would help reverse this trend.
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One way to cut costs is to start taking care of our bodies before the disease or problem starts. There needs to be better education about how to take care of our bodies and show the consequences of what can happen if you don't. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who don't care and who will not listen. If you take care of yourself then you should get a discount on medical insurance, let the other people pay more if they are out of shape or have illnesses that could have been prevented.
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1. Preventative Care
2. Make healthcare nonprofit, profit and healthcare are a conflict of interest.
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