tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post8847303974751312347..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: American Health Care: Spend More, See Doctor Less, Live Less Than Averagecaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-16487229312798274252010-01-04T12:59:56.902-07:002010-01-04T12:59:56.902-07:00Tony: "local minima"—calculus imagery al...Tony: "local minima"—calculus imagery always excites me. Excellent!<br /><br />Your argument says a lot about the overutilization fallacy.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-26733234705600369302010-01-04T12:38:32.969-07:002010-01-04T12:38:32.969-07:00Steve:
Change the oil as per the manufacturer spe...Steve:<br /><br />Change the oil as per the manufacturer specifications. Though, my younger sister did destroy a family vehicle by not changing the oil.Tony Amerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926509220711589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-26463155329971082282010-01-04T12:21:07.771-07:002010-01-04T12:21:07.771-07:00Tony,
Do you have the oil changed in your car, or...Tony,<br /><br />Do you have the oil changed in your car, or do you wait until it blows up and by a new one?Steve Sibsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-89420149562777551892010-01-04T10:59:16.938-07:002010-01-04T10:59:16.938-07:00To me, the most interesting part of that graphic i...To me, the most interesting part of that graphic is Japan. They go to the doctor 10+ times per year, spend 1/4 of what we do, and live equally long.<br /><br />They have adopted a preventative/early intervention approach to health care rather than rationing/reactionary approach. While they go to the doctor a lot, they aren't dealing with the chronic illnesses that bleed our system because they catch it early/prevent it.<br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Can anyone see a scenario where our free market system would lead to a preventative/early intervention approach rather than the rationing that we have now?<br /><br />It seems to me that such a transition would take years to develop and accordingly any corporation beholden to stock holders would not be able to support. Perhaps the free market can only find local minimums rather than global minimums?Tony Amerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926509220711589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-52368411487272258192010-01-03T16:47:05.192-07:002010-01-03T16:47:05.192-07:00"45,000 of us die early each year because we ..."45,000 of us die early each year because we lack insurance"<br /><br />That is a lie. Why are you lying for Big Insurance Cory? Obamacare benefits Big Insurance corporations and Big Drug corporations, and us little guys are paying for it. The problem is the government's tax policy that creates employer based insurance. This puts the employer in between the customers and the insurance companies, and the insurance companies are winning. By removing the employer-based system, the insurance companies have to compete with us on an individualized basis, especially if we allow AMericans to buy from companies in other states. That means more competiton, which the insurance companies do not want. Again, Obamacare does not fix that, but instead gives insurance companies even more business, subsidized by debt being passed on to future generations. Note that the Big Insurance stocks rallied after the Senate passed their Christmas gift to Big Insurance.<br /><br />Cory, when are you going to side with the working man instead of supporting the Big Corporate/Big Government lovefest that has created the current rip-off in health care.Steve Sibsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-62295483398770300632010-01-03T14:56:13.781-07:002010-01-03T14:56:13.781-07:00Well it's a SIXTH of our economy.
Opponents ...Well it's a SIXTH of our economy. <br /><br />Opponents of real reform (including our at-large Rep) say that like it's an argument to keep things they way they are!cphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163860831438587167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-1900385518645454752010-01-03T12:23:45.368-07:002010-01-03T12:23:45.368-07:00Alternate versions of the graph data on different ...Alternate versions of the graph data on different web sites show a clustering of cost versus life expectancy in many of the other countries, but the US is completely out in right field. Some how all these other countries have managed to get a better deal than the US with most of them having Universal Health Care. Yet, so many American citizens think that it would break the country...Wellescent Health Bloghttp://wellescent.com/blog/siteblog.phpnoreply@blogger.com