We invited you to join the discussion on health care, and thousands of you did. Now, the Health Policy Team’s Tom Daschle and Lauren Aronson respond. For more information, visit http://change.gov/healthcare
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14 Responses to “Join the Discussion: Health Care”
Billions are already being wasted on ineffective and outdated religion based substance abuse treatment.
Making options for more effective alternatives available could greatly reduce cost due to lower relapse rates and less need for inpatient care while also helping treat underlying psycho-social problems instead of throwing dogma at it.
In the south, healthcare is the worst. Many patients are forced to go to hospice, who are wanting to live and have hope. They are forced to go to hospice if they are terminally ill or otherwise their medication will not be paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. Today’s healthcare is lacking quality. Your healthcare is based on who you are, how much money you have in your pockets, how much insurance you carry, and if you can afford it.
I was watching the news last night and they reported a story on President Bush allowing doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals, etc.. to refuse treatment based on their religious beliefs. This law made by President Bush should be turned around by the democratic Congress for President elect Obama to sign not to allow this type of practice. A doctor or healthcare professional should not use their religious beliefs in their practice of treating patients needing healthcare.
The CIA World Fact Book would refute that claim. Even Bangladeshis live until their mid sixties, so it is incredible to believe that Americans live insignificantly longer. Statistics do support such a claim with regard to some of the Native American Indian populations: Lacota, for example. You absolutely do not want a national healthcare system. It will bankrupt the country, as France has discovered.
I guess my comment wasn’t approved, so I’ll try again: We are deep in debt because of medical bills. My wife gets no health insurance even though she works practically full time at an elementary school, and we own a home we can sell. On paper we make just barely too much to get help, yet we can hardly make the minimum payments and interest on debt grows faster than what we can pay. When my wife gets sick, it costs us thousands. Are we doomed to bankruptcy?
Government must try and bring down the cost of medical treatment. The biggest amount doctors andd hospitals are spending is on malpractice insurance. If these claims have limitations for claims many things will automatically resolved.
Ya, Why don’t you let those hard working college students who are paying inflated prices to go to college donate there free time when they are not working or studying, to give free medical care. Then when they get out done with college they will be used to working for free, and they can start paying off the debits for there college and the huge ax debits for the mistakes of there parents.. . That will solve the health care problems. . . . Brilitant!
Cost containment? The new $621-million visitor center at the capitol just opened at $550-million (almost 90%) over budget. And people actually think that these clowns are going to make health care cheaper? What kind of expensive drugs can we use to fix that sort of delusional mental disorder?
well, we already have this in the US. proven quality? check. cover everybody? check, emergency services! allow provider choice? no, we can’t have all providers choice of who to treat or not. cost-effective? yes, but the healthcare industry is not dictating the prices, the insurance companies are! patient vs profit? EVERY business is driven by profit! even “not-for-profit” business has to make a profit! health vs disease? obviously health is what we all should strive for!
I myself am not opposed to nationalizing health care. We live sicker and die younger then any other western country. Some doctors in my area are now turning away people with medicare. What’s next?
Americans are not being prevented from training to be doctors and healthcare providers so that they can offer better priced services. But if they demand that government limits the choice of healthcare provision and legislates the price, quality and quantity, as a way to price fix wages, this will not be possible, as the current unaffordable regime clearly demonstrates. A significant contribution towards prevention would simply be for Americans to not eat towards obesity.
Take the insurance co. out the the equation. That is the cost we can’t afford, not the treatments. If Doctors and hospitals didn’t have to carry insurance on everything, how much less would the cost be? Insurance is a scam and should be stopped.
Why don’t you issue health care for the family instead of one for the husband and one for the wife. It would be redundant to have two policies for each family when one would cover. You don’t need a program for the man and woman but just one for the family.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Billions are already being wasted on ineffective and outdated religion based substance abuse treatment.
Making options for more effective alternatives available could greatly reduce cost due to lower relapse rates and less need for inpatient care while also helping treat underlying psycho-social problems instead of throwing dogma at it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
In the south, healthcare is the worst. Many patients are forced to go to hospice, who are wanting to live and have hope. They are forced to go to hospice if they are terminally ill or otherwise their medication will not be paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. Today’s healthcare is lacking quality. Your healthcare is based on who you are, how much money you have in your pockets, how much insurance you carry, and if you can afford it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I was watching the news last night and they reported a story on President Bush allowing doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals, etc.. to refuse treatment based on their religious beliefs. This law made by President Bush should be turned around by the democratic Congress for President elect Obama to sign not to allow this type of practice. A doctor or healthcare professional should not use their religious beliefs in their practice of treating patients needing healthcare.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
The CIA World Fact Book would refute that claim. Even Bangladeshis live until their mid sixties, so it is incredible to believe that Americans live insignificantly longer. Statistics do support such a claim with regard to some of the Native American Indian populations: Lacota, for example. You absolutely do not want a national healthcare system. It will bankrupt the country, as France has discovered.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I guess my comment wasn’t approved, so I’ll try again: We are deep in debt because of medical bills. My wife gets no health insurance even though she works practically full time at an elementary school, and we own a home we can sell. On paper we make just barely too much to get help, yet we can hardly make the minimum payments and interest on debt grows faster than what we can pay. When my wife gets sick, it costs us thousands. Are we doomed to bankruptcy?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Are you considering universal single payer health care, like the rest of the civilized world ?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Government must try and bring down the cost of medical treatment. The biggest amount doctors andd hospitals are spending is on malpractice insurance. If these claims have limitations for claims many things will automatically resolved.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Ya, Why don’t you let those hard working college students who are paying inflated prices to go to college donate there free time when they are not working or studying, to give free medical care. Then when they get out done with college they will be used to working for free, and they can start paying off the debits for there college and the huge ax debits for the mistakes of there parents.. . That will solve the health care problems. . . . Brilitant!
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Cost containment? The new $621-million visitor center at the capitol just opened at $550-million (almost 90%) over budget. And people actually think that these clowns are going to make health care cheaper? What kind of expensive drugs can we use to fix that sort of delusional mental disorder?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
well, we already have this in the US. proven quality? check. cover everybody? check, emergency services! allow provider choice? no, we can’t have all providers choice of who to treat or not. cost-effective? yes, but the healthcare industry is not dictating the prices, the insurance companies are! patient vs profit? EVERY business is driven by profit! even “not-for-profit” business has to make a profit! health vs disease? obviously health is what we all should strive for!
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I myself am not opposed to nationalizing health care. We live sicker and die younger then any other western country. Some doctors in my area are now turning away people with medicare. What’s next?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Americans are not being prevented from training to be doctors and healthcare providers so that they can offer better priced services. But if they demand that government limits the choice of healthcare provision and legislates the price, quality and quantity, as a way to price fix wages, this will not be possible, as the current unaffordable regime clearly demonstrates. A significant contribution towards prevention would simply be for Americans to not eat towards obesity.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Take the insurance co. out the the equation. That is the cost we can’t afford, not the treatments. If Doctors and hospitals didn’t have to carry insurance on everything, how much less would the cost be? Insurance is a scam and should be stopped.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Why don’t you issue health care for the family instead of one for the husband and one for the wife. It would be redundant to have two policies for each family when one would cover. You don’t need a program for the man and woman but just one for the family.