Good post. No one should look at Canada for a good example since coverage has been slowly diminishing by constantly removing covered procedures and medications. Health care here has become rationed big time. Surgical waits are unbelievable and dangerous. I’m so thankful we were smart enough to continue employment extended health care on our own, sort of costly, but more valuable every year.
I know it's simplistic .... but isn't that what we want ?
They should have instead of looking at Canada looked at Germany.
Here’s the issue. Once you establish that procedure X is $21,000 and procedure Y is $32,000....then you start to ask about drug X ($16 ea) and drug Y ($29) for the same treatment plan. Then you start to ask why you have so many heavily overweight people with serious health conditions and why you can’t force them to lose sixty pounds. Then you ask why you have these 700 guys in a 50,000 population community who are alcoholics and have serious liver/kidney damage? Why should the community sponsor the 700 guys or help them with their health issues?
Thats the thing about....if it gets treated as a real capitalist venture....then you want to lessen cost and impact. You start to ask why high-sugar drinks like Coke are still allowed and why high-tar/nicotine smokes are allowed.