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February 22, 2007Once again dead horse beating timeFrom Health Affairs the latest update on health care expenditures in the US. Over the next decade U.S. healthcare spending is projected to double from today’s level, reaching $4.1 trillion and consuming 20 cents of every dollar spent by 2016 Its all about the costs! Posted by c3 at February 22, 2007 08:27 AMComments
I'm curious. Do you think a combination of "pool"-leveraged negotiations by State and Federal agencies with drug companies and insurance providers to lower costs, State and Federal tax incentives, preventative care, universal coverage of uninsured some (State v Federal), tort, reform, increased R&D with sufficient governmental licensing of products for future revenue will stem the tide? Or is our system fated to undergo a socialist transformation? I wonder how energy costs and immigration figure into the rising costs. One way to lower costs is to look at CMEs. This may lower costs. Time for reverse privatization. Blue Cross still is non-profit in some places. Varies by state--it was never a single corporation, but more like a co-op or non-profit franchise. Posted by: Tully at February 23, 2007 08:01 AMMarcus; Allow government to compete with pvt ins by setting up non-profit orgs likeWith the government providing over 40% of all healthcare in the US I'd say they're competing pretty well. Posted by: c3 at February 25, 2007 10:54 AM Ahhnold vetoed a bill that would have set up a single payer system run by state govt. What he wants is a bill that relies on pvt insurance companies. It would not interfered with pvt health insurance plans. All we sould have had was competition with what really has become an insurance oligopoly. Same bill will come up again this year and maybe he'll get the religion. |
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