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Will it be cheaper than if it wasn't implemented over the long run?
Id argue maybe. At some point, pricing becomes irrational and the market (buyers and sellers) just have to adjust. But we'd still have too many uninsured. Anyway, we wont ever know.
On PHs CBO ?, i checked and while I may be "racist", the CBO currently assumes a 3% trend. If we see a long run trend of 3%, I will tatoo "THE SHILL" on my forehead. SO, I think there is a 0.01% chance this thing come sin under projections over the long term.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/16/lower-rise-in-health-care-costs/7515185/
"Statisticians working with insurers to project next year's insurance premium rates say they expect to see an average increase of about 7%, well below the feared double-digit increases making recent headlines.
"The double-rate increases we've been hearing are probably exaggerated," says Dave Axene, a fellow with the Society of Actuaries, adding that there would be wide variation across the country. "That's not what we're seeing from the actuarial organizations ..."
The most question is how can anyone in the US healthcare industry be trusted when we are 70th out of 132 nations in Health and Wellness
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi/components/com7
The most question is how can anyone in the US healthcare industry be trusted when we are 70th out of 132 nations in Health and Wellness
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi/components/com7
Much of that data has nothing to do with our healthcare system. For example in the United States we consider newborns alive if they are born alive even if they die a few hours later. In many countries, including European countries, a child can survive for months and never be considered in their data. As a result our infant mortality is higher and our life expectancy is lower than if we were categorizing similar situations in a similar manner. Another "weakness" of the United States that is listed is traffic deaths. Tough to blame our healthcare system for that; likewise with outdoor air pollution deaths and obesity. Many sets of health data (I'll admit I haven't delved too deeply into this particular set) consider disparity of care in their ratings. In this category, if everyone in country A gets a mediocre level while some in country B get mediocre care and the others get good care country A is considered to have superior healthcare.
It's not like members of the hc industry are telling their patients to get fat, smoke, and not exercise.
One of the more powerful statistics Ive seen on the quality of the US system is around survival rates once you are diagnosed. We have an incredible advantage over a lot of "progressive" countries.
Some of that data can be a negative CH. We develop a lot of expensive equipment that will run a lot of expensive tests and detect many maladies earlier than the rest of the world. This drives the cost of hc up. Even if our treatment is no more effective the fact that we discover the disease earlier makes it easier to survive for a five year period of time simply because five years ends earlier in the life of the disease. Of course there are some cases when earlier detection can make all the difference. I'm just not sure our system does a great job of funding only the useful early detections.
Some of that data can be a negative CH. We develop a lot of expensive equipment that will run a lot of expensive tests and detect many maladies earlier than the rest of the world. This drives the cost of hc up. Even if our treatment is no more effective the fact that we discover the disease earlier makes it easier to survive for a five year period of time simply because five years ends earlier in the life of the disease. Of course there are some cases when earlier detection can make all the difference. I'm just not sure our system does a great job of funding only the useful early detections.
That's got to be a photoshop.
I hope it's not just because I will post it anytime someone references Faux Jazeera.