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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
What should we expect.
The system has layer upon layer upon layer or bureaucracy that is non value added.
Hospitals know to the q tip the average cost of a procedure . Yet we don't expect up front pricng. There is absolutely zero need for any type cost control since the customer doesn't know the cost until after he receives and uses rhe product.
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Add to that the fact that if we opt NOT to use the product due to cost we may die, limp, or suffer in pain - or worse, watch a loved one die, limp, or suffer in pain and it is not a buyer's market. There is no free market solution to paying for health care.
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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
We value life to the extreme. We would spend damn near anything to extend a life by a short amount.
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Right again. We spend almost half of our health care dollars on the last year to year and a half of life. Here is a great article on the subject. There IS a solution, as demonstrated by LaCrosse Wisconsin. Sara Palin set the solution back a decade with her "death panels" demagoguery.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/offwhitepapers/2014/09/23/how-to-die-in-america-welcome-to-la-crosse/#31587ff7e8c6