Paul Starr: "Remedy and Reaction"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-10-20/paul-starr-remedy-and-reaction
Health care has been one of the most contentious issues of President Obama’s time in office. Democrats view the passage of the Affordable Care Act as his finest hour. But Republicans are determined to repeal it. For most of the twentieth century Americans debated whether health care should be a right of citizenship. To understand why the issue is still such a flashpoint, we go back to the debate’s origins with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Paul Starr. In his latest book he examines America’s unique struggle with health care, and explains why we have become trapped in a costly and complicated system.
Guests
Paul Starr
professor of sociology and public affairs, Princeton University; co-founder and editor, "The American Prospect"; and author of "The Social Transformation of American Medicine."
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Right on the, no pun intended; "Money"...
It seems to me the political battles for healthcare (gatekeeping citizens from good health) are the reason our partial healthcare system (Veterans, Medicare, Medicaid) became so complex and costly - the unnecessary waste of time and red tape created by not having a system for all (again gatekeeping) prevents quick, appropriate, preventive care. I believe we will look back and realize we have made a mistake and need to institute health care for all.
Jeff Austin
KJZZ Phoenix
Having worked in the health care industry for over 30 years, I can say that the problems bear equal blame amongst providers, insurance and users. Each of these have abused the system. But, although I agree with your guest that dismantling the insurance industry in favor of a complete overall to a broad plan covering everyone would not work...there must be a public option going forward to ensure competition and choice. I manage a medical practice of 10 physicians and 50 employees and our monthly premium for health insurance coverage is over $25,000.00. This has now become unreasonable and unsustainable. There must be another option.
Thank you
The solution is quite simple (no, really - it is): We adopt the best health care SYSTEMS from around the world...put American resources behind it...done. Everybody in, nobody out. There are two kinds of people in America, and two kinds only: those who own, work for, or invest in health insurance companies...and everyone else.
Action or acceptance: everything else is just bullshit. Do Something.
Leueen, how then do you explain the obscene profits and dividends of the health insurance companies? Wherever there is human involvement, there will be some measure of abuse; but the abuse levied on Americans by Humana and their pals is well past abusive. It is pornographic. Can't they just go insure something else? Does it have to be our healthcare? What thinking country would put something so important and precious as our healthcare in the hands of a few greedy bastards? (I mean, besides the USA, that is...) Medicare-For-All is the ONLY option. H. R. 676.
Brilliantly outstanding again as usual, GLH. But we won't tolerate this much longer (sad that we have as long as we have). The writing is on the wall, and for-profit wealthcare is going to have to find something else to invest in soon. But not soon enough. Evil bastards. My young son will NOT endure this current system, or I will die trying to fix it (not the plan).
We will all be loosers if or when the affordable Health Care Act overturned and unnecesary. We the people need to decide health care under the single payer system, tested and refined to a meet everyones health care needs without compromising research and developement, treatment, with an emphasis on healthy sleep, nutrition, exercise, preventative health care, and a thoughtful, contemplative, progressive, and compasionate care for everyone. It is currently ruled by greedy deprivation and death squad like Insurance Companies and their Lobbists via coding systems used to justify their denials of care. Ridding ourselves of this system will pay for and remove coverage barriers in financing preventative health care, an intelligent choice over dependency on Insurance Health Care and drugs needed, treatments needed, and preventative health care needed programs, etc. This is not a policy of rogue administration.
That is a fact. It is greedy, we at the least need a public option.
When Prof. Starr says that most people are happy with their health insurance, I can't help but wonder whether those are the same people who have had very expensive illnesses. Most health plans are just fine until you you start having big bills. That's when the fun begins....and that's when you most need a well-functioning system.
requesting immediate medievac dustoff this location-
injured with no food little water and ammunition-
escape route blocked- overwhelming paperwork
drowning and overwhelming the last of resistance
NO WHERE TO GO say again NO OUT
helos ETA next year after election?
SAY AGAIN?
BATTALION size homeless veterans(at least on local waiting list for housing/ THEN eligible for food assistance food assistance) near ONE base... that could be an indication that might need addressing someday rflmao
yes smoothe as the money is taken...
allow access to military healthcare?
emergency food and construction for economy would be nice
not me- too late- but for the children
of course the whole food rioting, public homelessness, loss of taxes, and world war works too.
mandate care THAT Congress MUST be treated locally at meat factory- er- health clinic... THAT should get 'er done
Are you people just dumb, or do you just not care, medicare is a disaster.
Washington post
Consider an average-wage two-earner couple together earning $89,000 a year. Upon retiring in 2011, they would have paid $114,000 in Medicare payroll taxes during their careers. But they can expect to receive medical services - including prescriptions and hospital care - worth $355,000, or about three times what they put in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/02/AR201101...
Dumb, probably, 'cuz I certainly do care. So monte, what's your solution?
tkent: Fascists pull figures from their middle back pocket so they won't have to repeat their mantra again, "Let 'em die!" It's the hand puppets of Oligarchs who are dumb, and insensitive to human needs. Big prostate candidates like Bashful Barry, and Rick, and Mitt, and Rick, and Huntsman, and Newt yet again, and the Koches' Plan 9-9-9 from Outer Space, with Herman flying supremacist corporate zombies on a crispy doughboy crust. Don't order it and don't eat it.
Every time they just repeat it, "Let 'em die!" (So immature nihilists will not have to pay their fair share.) We not only need to reboot American medicine but police it at every turn. My wife and two friends had to stand watch over me to save my life from profiteers this last trip to the hospital. US health care is truly rotten and is so frustrating to the medical staff.
monte's grandpaw is still begging for a change. I can hear him between the lines. "It's degrading! It's humiliating! It stinks and it burns my hide!"
For starters, tort reform and high deductibles and the availability of catastrophic care insurance policies. Absolutely nothing should be "free" everyone has got to have some skin in the game. Nothing is free so anything claimed as free is a lie. I am not an expert on the topic but I know there are many ideas out there that could have helped and not cost tax payers more money.
Do not forget the other side: Why should I finance healthcare for those who do not want to pay? We already have a shortage of doctors and other medical care personnel; if everybody is covered, how will that work? Will I still get all proper medications no matter the cost? Will people get treatment they request or treatment assigned by the "system"? I do not think so
Isn't it amazing how some people (not just monte this time) are able to post an informed, intelligent, Comment about a show before it even airs!
Oh, wait, they can't?
Never mind.