Save the insurance executives

[Winnie]

Again you're lumping health insurance in with drug companies and medical professionals.

Most health care break throughs come from experimental procedures. Guess what 99% of health insurance companies do not cover? If anything they are great at stifling advances since they aren't willing to take the "gamble" on experimental treatments.

Of course I am lumping health insurance in with drug companies and medical professionals. I lump in hospitals, ambulance services, and clinics as well. That is our health care system.

What do you think constitutes our "health care system?"

 

[Matt J]

Of course I am lumping health insurance in with drug companies and medical professionals. I lump in hospitals, ambulance services, and clinics as well. That is our health care system.

What do you think constitutes our "health care system?"

My point is that the current issue is health care coverage. Emergency rooms already have to take anyone that comes through the door, ambulances have to pick you up regardless of insurance. Why are you muddying the waters by acting as though the changes to the insurance industry would affect anyone other than the insurance companies?

 

[poppy]

I looked it up on Wikipedia for you:



So yes, it appears ~28% federal funding.

Great response except you left something out. What percentage of private funding was for basic scientific research as opposed to profit oriented research? This was the point of my post.

 

[Winnie]

Great response except you left something out. What percentage of private funding was for basic scientific research as opposed to profit oriented research? This was the point of my post.

Guess you'll have to look it up yourself.

 

[Winnie]

My point is that the current issue is health care coverage. Emergency rooms already have to take anyone that comes through the door, ambulances have to pick you up regardless of insurance. Why are you muddying the waters by acting as though the changes to the insurance industry would affect anyone other than the insurance companies?

I'm not "muddying the waters." If we get a public option it will lead to a single-payer system. That is according to Barney Frank among many other prominent Democrats. When the Federal Government is the only insurance provider available, it will affect the entire health care system. No mud.

 

[Matt J]

I'm not "muddying the waters." If we get a public option it will lead to a single-payer system. That is according to Barney Frank among many other prominent Democrats. When the Federal Government is the only insurance provider available, it will affect the entire health care system. No mud.

Okay it will affect it (no argument there), but your still not saying how it will affect it negatively, just that it will be bad.

 

[Linda]

My point is that the current issue is health care coverage. Emergency rooms already have to take anyone that comes through the door, ambulances have to pick you up regardless of insurance. Why are you muddying the waters by acting as though the changes to the insurance industry would affect anyone other than the insurance companies?

I believe that the central focus of healthcare reform should be to actually lower the cost of healthcare. Insurance premiums are rising because the cost of healthcare is rising. Having everybody insured is great but how does that lower the rising costs of doctors, hospitals, drugs, medical tests etc.?