Medicare as increase participation by 50% since 1970. Costs?
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âIf you work for a big enough companyâ
Do you all realize what this means?
From November to our new plan my plan has increased $480 per month vs what we had before. We went from a P.P.O. to an H.M.O.
The U.S. economy is based on small and middle size businesses.
Also United healthcare denies 30% or so then you have to fight.
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I have a UHC Medicare supplement plan. Going into year 3. Never been denied
An anecdotal data point is really a bad argument tho try to make here.
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Seeing a lot of that in this thread.
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Yah, personal history is a bad example
It is when weâre discussing a macro issue that requires a macro solution that will yield the most good for the most people where one size does not fit all.
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Before 1973 most healthcare providers were non profit then a certain party changed it to make it for profit then a 28 billion dollar industry was born.
They need to go back to non profit
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Little before my time that Iâd have paid attention to this, but your saying
doctors were not for profit prior 1973 ??? Or insurance companies ??? Iâm not following what youâre saying.
Please provide more details or link.
I think it was mostly healthcare insurance companies were non profit. In 1973 , they changed it and slowly it became a problem especially by the 90s. No one really complained about insurance costs until the 90s and it got worse. No one talked about the issue until then bc it was affordable for most.
Having worked at Frito-Lay for 11 years, mostly in pricing, I can say that commodities have the lowest gap between private label and brand. It depends upon what people trust. Private label plain potato chips or unflavored tortilla chips have smaller gap between private label and brand than Cheetos and flavored tortilla chips (Doritos). Less differentiation.
We just raised pricing to our customers based upon retaliatory tariffs in Canada. This hurts Canadian consumers due to higher pricing and the dealers we sell to due to compressed margins. We are looking into European manufacturing vs. USA to reduce import tariffs.
Health insurance is a hard thing to fix only in the United States. Everyone else has it pretty much figured out.
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And itâs not like the government doesnât spend on healthcare. Unlike those crazy socialists.
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Its so ridiculously,
10 Wildly Overinflated Hospital Costs | The Healthy 10 Wildly Overinflated Hospital Costs | The Healthy
Tylenol pill for $15? Or $53 per pair of gloves,
Marking pen
To mark the body for surgery.
Charge to patient: $17.50
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Well, those are pricey, but then again, whatâs the cost of meat when you eat at a restaurant, or beer at a bar? Iâm not saying those prices are a rip off, because they are, but there are some costs to stock and use every item in healthcare, if anything the insurance for malpractice alone is crazy.
Healthcare in America could be solved . Obamacare actually solved an issue then some group lol, simply decided not to fund it right. Soc sec, Medicare and the ACA all work.
Problems can be solved but politicians want to keep it as a political football saying vote for me and Iâll do this or that vs solving issues once and for all. Most issues could be solved once and for all but they want to keep us voting for certain parties etc.
They are scared to solve it all bc they have less to run on. It would be just the economy as the main issue which isnât good enough for them so they keep us divided each election.
Soc sec was fine until they took funds for it to use for other stuff and never paid it back then they say, gee it lacks funding. The ACA wasnât a problem until this yr with that big bill to give to some and take away from some.
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Plus all the lobbyists.
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