tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post3698015409281216093..comments2023-10-09T11:42:57.305-04:00Comments on Healthcare, etc.: Conflict of interest in healthcare researchMarya Zilberberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-29902347817346061152009-11-06T12:24:27.135-05:002009-11-06T12:24:27.135-05:00John,
Thanks for your comment. I agree that it is...John,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I agree that it is not insurance companies that are the problem, though not sure if gov't is NOT the answer. The problem is that healthcare is just another market to get rich off, and this promotes overuse and inappropriate use that ultimately harms the society, which is what we are seeing today. I am coming to the realization that when it comes to health, rather than disease and medicine, we are indeed focusing on the wrong solutions. We need to clean up the rest of our lives even more urgently than healthcare, though unless the profit motive is taken out of it, there will be no sustainable solution.Marya Zilberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-1226959647648410212009-11-04T23:55:10.171-05:002009-11-04T23:55:10.171-05:00If health care is the problem, insurance is not th...If health care is the problem, insurance is not the cause and government is not the answer. <br />.<br />Of those "50 million," that lack insurance there were 45,000 who died without health care. <br />.<br />WITH health care, 98,000 died FROM health care because of malpractice. <br />.<br />The question is do we want to trust that largest corporation in the world, the U.S. Government. Do not expect house calls anytime soon. <br />.<br />We have seen how well the government delivers on its promises and its bureaucracies pursue the money without giving us benefits on so many levels. <br />.<br />Imagine another 111 bureacracies that only ultimately must listen to the Secretary of the Treasury - another "service" of which is the IRS. <br />.<br />http://theprogressivecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/10/affordable-health-care-for-america-act.html<br />.<br />That blog of mine above has several .pdf connections (HR. 3962 and two summaries, a few videos, and page references for new taxes and other mandates). <br />.<br />If you cannot use the link, google "Progressive Capitalist H.R. 3962."<br />.<br />If you believe the promises of this bill, you have to deal with the lie that it fosters competition with a government option called the "Public Option" and establishes the government as a monopoly making its own rules. Don't worry. You'll run out of "rich" soon enough.<br /> .<br />We have at least a $12 trillion economy of which at least $1.8 trillion is spent on health care. <br />.<br />If you read the bill, there are plenty of opportunities to soak the middle class, if you do not mind the 1.6 million made jobless. <br />.<br />REPUBLICAN Affordable Health Care For America Act <br />.<br />MAKING HEALTH Care Affordable For EVERY AmeriCAN <br />.<br />http://thehill.com/images/stories/whitepapers/pdf/ainsfloor_01_xml.pdfJohnLloydScharfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035700451861758352noreply@blogger.com