Not cost-effective by design

People see and hear a lot about their current "healthcare crisis." The left yells at the right, and the right yells back at the left ad infinitum and ad nauseam. All of this bickering has missed the main point: Everyone is talking about how they should pay for their healthcare, but no one...

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Published in:Medical Economics 2011-12, Vol.88 (23), p.98
Main Author: Levin, Alan J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Cost analysis
Health care expenditures
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health economics
History
Medicare
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patients
Physicians
Pneumonia
World War II
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Summary:People see and hear a lot about their current "healthcare crisis." The left yells at the right, and the right yells back at the left ad infinitum and ad nauseam. All of this bickering has missed the main point: Everyone is talking about how they should pay for their healthcare, but no one is talking about how much healthcare they should buy. Medicine came of age about the time of World War II. Before this, physicians could try to treat illness but did not have a great chance of doing much. Fast forward to the present. The world has pulled out of the post-war depression phase and has finished rebuilding. All industrialized countries have stable healthcare systems. The American system is not cost-effective. The healthcare bill will continue to grows inevitably becoming higher than they can afford, no matter who writes the checks.
ISSN:0025-7206
2150-7155