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Originally Posted by Guest
First of all, you quote RETAIL (because medical care right now is a for-profit business)
The actual COST of medical care can be compared with a very close neighbor which has a similar social civilization: Canada. The COST per person is estimated at an average of $4500/person. That is because the "socialized" medical system has used its group power to negotiate prices for things like prescription drugs (which is illegal for Medicare to do presently) and by standardizing the cost of tests and procedures.(i.e.: MRI of abdomen costs over $10,000 in some hospitals, and less than $3000 in others)
Currently I pay $1180/month for my medical insurance premiums. That is over $14,000/year. Under the plan that Bernie proposed, my cost per year would be about $6,000 per year through taxation. That is a savings of $8,000 per year (give or take). So, this is an economic issue, not a partisan issue.
Which would you want to pay?
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I quoted Canada...you quoted Canada at the same price...so which is it? Retail or wholesale? Do you propose to take over ALL of healthcare with government provided doctors? Government owned clinics and hospitals? Government owned pharma?
I don't know boyer...you want to cut the cost by 1 1/2 X, is the quality of doctors going to go down by that much as well? It's already dropped a LOT due to lowered standards and quotas for minorities.
It's "illegal" for medicare to haggle prices because the people who run our government really work for the pharm companies. So of course the prices are set.
That $14,000 a year just covers the $ million you'll used in healthcare before you die. ANY lowering MUST be met with reduced costs. Reduced payments to hospitals, doctors, nurses...
It IS an economic issue...too many who don't/can't pay for "their share" getting it for free from those who DO/can pay. To carry the "non-working poor, you must DOUBLE or TRIPLE the payments by those who work to closer to $35,000 a year. It's borrowed right now to pay for the poors coverage.