Produced by an emergency physician (Paul Hochfeld), “Health, Money and Fear” answers three questions about our broken health care non-system. Why does is cost so much? What does it say about us? What can we do about it? While Congress is more focused on the symptom, lack of Universal Coverage, they are ignoring the underlying problem. COST. Unless they address the perverse incentives that drive up cost, the “reform” we are going to get will be more government subsidies so the insurance industry can continue to thrive being central to a dysfunctional health care system that is better at producing profits than health. The elements of the solution must address the elements of the problem: technology, the fear of liability, mass marketing of prescription drugs, the profit motive, chaos in medical records, unrealistic expectatiions, and the multitude of insurance companies that add substantially to cost without contributing anything to health.
Duration : 0:48:0
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
This is quite a …
This is quite a comprehensive and impressive video, done by people who should know a lot about the system.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Theres far too …
Theres far too little price transparency in the medical technology market. Without an open marketplace of prices and services, its difficult for hospitals and clinics to know whether theres a better deal elsewhere, and manufacturers can keep costs high. More significantly, medical technologies still tend to rely on an expert class to actually deploy the technology. GPS may have turned us all into amateur navigators, but CT scans havent turned us into hobbyist radiologists
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
thedrp21 – Look, …
thedrp21 – Look, it’s real simple, health care and education are not, and most importantly SHOULD NOT, be capitalistic endeavors. There’s a basic conflict of interest when you’re concerned about your bottom line while administering care or teaching children. A competition-driven approach to either health care or education is just backasswards thinking. Enough already! A blind adherence to “free market” mentality is damaging simply because it’s based on a myth. It’s an encouraging story we tell.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
That is really the …
That is really the ideological heart of this debate. Is it every man for himself, or all we all in this together? My Mother (the child of anarchist revolutionaries) taught me that “No Man is an island, entire of itself, each is part of the whole . . . any person’s death (or ill health) diminishes me, for I am involved in Humanity.”
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
“Ah, so now we get …
“Ah, so now we get to the heart of the matter.” – No, actually we don’t. There can be no greater liberty than the right to live. So using that as a starting point of reference, anything you have to say on the matter of liberty is absolutely mute. Go find a new argument, the one you have is boring/ridiculous/ranting/lunacy.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
“You have taken …
“You have taken your attack on liberty too far, i.e. health care, and the people are responding.” – But you are not responding are you, you are sat on youtube talking crap. The whole lot of you are completely impotent and worthless. Health reform will be made, not because of your opinion, but because it has to. Simple, you might as well climb back in your hole, nothing you say will make a difference in the same way the village doesn’t ever listen to it’s idiot.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
“The problem is …
“The problem is either you are ignorant, i.e. do not understand how the system works and do not understand political philosophy, or you want to control people simply for the power.” – Sadly not true. The problem is you didn’t spend long enough at school, stop blaming other people for that small fact.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
The problem is …
The problem is either you are ignorant, i.e. do not understand how the system works and do not understand political philosophy, or you want to control people simply for the power. Those of us who love this country and what it stands for, no longer are willing to let you use the ignorance excuse. It is time for you to fire up the brain cells and examine some history. The statist approach has been shown to fail EVERY time it is tried, only individual freedom yields results.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Ah, so now we get …
Ah, so now we get to the heart of the matter. You folks, the communists/socialists/statists, do not like the fact that we have a system that is about the free market, personal responsibility and individual liberty (the only just and legitimate form of government). You have taken your attack on liberty too far, i.e. health care, and the people are responding. You statists had best think about the consequences of your actions; we will not stand for this.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
thedrp21 – “Health …
thedrp21 – “Health care is absolutely not one of them, thus all the resistence.” Nonsense, the resistance being shown is simply using this reform as an opportunity to gripe. You can’t afford what you have, you never will be able to, it’s bankrupting your country so it’s not like you can even hold onto the system you have. There can be no greater liberty than the right to live, so before you start quoting liberty soundbites at everyone start thinking about that. Time to come out of the dark age.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Under a just and …
Under a just and legitimate government there are very few things a group of people, no matter the size, may coerce individuals to comply with. Health care is absolutely not one of them, thus all the resistence. Our form of government is not based on majority rule, it is based on protection of the individual citizen’s liberty. Only a government abiding by this principle is just and legitimate. The big question is how you, and others like you, think you have the right to tell others what to do.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Then take that free …
Then take that free will of yours and suport it. It’s that simple. Do you not think that the people behind this actually have free will too? You seem to think that the whole decision to sort this comes from only a few people. In reality, you are in the minority, you are just making the most pathetic amount of noise over it. You know you should really revisit your thoughts on this. You simply can’t have your existing system, you can’t afforf it. Time to start payingt your bills Mr.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
I look to love my …
I look to love my neighbor based on my own free will, not because some government forces me to do so.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
“What is lost in …
“What is lost in the whole health care discussion is the fact that it is NOT anybody else’s responsibility to ensure YOUR health!” – The irony stinks so bad for a country that claims to be founded on christian values. Where is the love thy neighbour now eh
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
I disagree.
“No …
I disagree.
“No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any… man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.”
John Donne, Meditation XVIRead More
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
What is lost in the …
What is lost in the whole health care discussion is the fact that it is NOT anybody else’s responsibility to ensure YOUR health! The whole concept of a RIGHT to health care is an absolute joke. Your health is your own business and you, as an individual, need to concern yourself only with YOUR health, not mine! It is unjust and illegitimate for any government to force someone to pay for somebody else’s health care and that is the bottom line on the whole health care discussion.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
I wish people would …
I wish people would watch this!!!!! AND LISTEN!!!!! This is why I am fighting for health care!
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
No More Deny, Delay …
No More Deny, Delay, Defend and Distract.
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
As we has got here …
As we has got here in sweden too.. very lucky
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
i’m appalled that …
i’m appalled that people still don’t get it that the insurance industry has bought and paid for the government and the message. thank you for an excellent and balanced look at the health care BUSINESS and how bad it is for our country!
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Excellent …
Excellent Production, Thank You!!
August 9th, 2010 at 2:18 am
you are true man!
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you are true man!
here in spain we´ve got a public health care system… lucky!