Healthcare For Dummies………
The healthcare industry is just that , an industry. Today in America, healthcare is treated as a simple retail situation whereby companies offer a service and then do everything in their power to increase revenue. At The Home Depot this model works perfectly. If a consumer wants to spend 300 dollars for a new grill, they shop, compare, and if they really want great burgers they make the decision purchase the grill or not. Very simple. Now if Home Depot decides they need to increase revenue they may charge 310 dollars for the grill, and the process repeats. They may bring in a gunslinger to run the company , corners are cut, revenue is raised and the gunslinger gets his big payday eventually moving on to next opportunity. We treat healthcare like we treat retail. This is the fundamental problem that must be addressed and reformed in order to assure reasonable profits for insurers and exceptional healthcare for all who work and desire it.
Unfortunately for all Americans our President, the man who promised “change”, has no interest in providing good affordable healthcare to all. He and the democrats in congress want healthcare control. They are affirmed “progressives” and progressives want to fundamentally change the face of America. They want to dismantle the evil corporations and take “profit” completely out of the equation. Simple reform will not do.
Thankfully there are some Americans who are smart enough to understand that although reform is essential, government control would be a disaster. Profits are why each of us who actually get out of bed and go to work, do just that.
Reforming healthcare is a simple fix.
First we need honest straightforward debate concerning tort reform. If lawyers are shaking down healthcare professionals to the detriment of us all then tort reform is essential to overall healthcare reform. According to some estimates physicians spend upwards of two billion dollars annually for so called “defensive medicine”. You pay for tests you do not necessarily need because your doctor if terrified of being sued. We see it all day long on TV. Lawyers are forever and anon seeking “plaintiffs” to file class action lawsuits against all manor of companies including drug companies and medical professionals. An example would be asbestos exposure. Lawyers want to sue any company who ever had a worker exposed to asbestos whether or not the company did so knowingly or not. If a company is malicious, fine, but many companies had no idea their workers were in danger. Should they be driven to financial ruin? The realities of frivolous lawsuits needs to be exposed and if necessary “reformed”.
Second every major player in the healthcare debate needs to understand that the days of excessive profits are over. The congress has to stop placating these people and put the American people first. If drug companies want to spend billions on “recreational” drugs and advertising than so be it. But they can either be reasonable or they can be taxed into oblivion. The same goes for the insurance companies. No more 15 million dollar salaries and hundred million stock options for men who have allowed Americans to suffer and die simply to protect the bottom line. Enough is enough. Insurance companies and Parma make billions in profits, billions, while allowing the suffering of the American people. Reform starts with them.
The fringe left (progressives) want to remake America. The President and congress seem willing to toss all of us aside to make it a reality. But if they truly want healthcare reform, they should first and foremost have serious legislation to force Healthcare businesses to stop the reckless practices that cause tremendous pain and suffering for so many Americans. It is not only a moral issue, it is a critical one as well.
If after regulatory legislation the healthcare businesses choose to continue down the path of profits over health then so be it. Put them out of business with a public option and let the cards fall as they may.
