These bureaucratic log jams are a MAJOR reason why the cost of health care has been going up.
Why am I able to buy the same meds in Europe or Canada for less? The difference in price is almost totally due to trial lawyers and bureaucrats, two mainstays of dim party funding.
The finest health care system in the world is in MORE peril than most realize. Much has been written and spoken about the entire industry practicing “defensive” medicine, but this week I realized just how bad it has truly become.
For the last three nights, I have been tracking ATTORNEY commercials on cable TV. An appalling number of commercials urge people to seek legal advice, suggesting they are due “financial compensation” for this or that problem, however minor, after taking some specific medication.
These commercials insinuate the “BIG EVIL DRUG COMPANIES” create dangerous drugs merely for the sake of their profits.
Every last drug I’ve ever heard of has had an adverse effect on SOMEONE. Under today’s climate, even he who discovered Penicillin would be sued to bankruptcy or jailed. I think the last DRUG manufacturer to survive in the USA will be the one that closes down ALL research efforts and concentrates on making GENERIC copies of drugs whose originators have already been litigated to oblivion.