Re:The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care ...
by andyjohnson0 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:15PM
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> But doctors' associations and many Americans with decent health insurance from their employers are against it too.
Why? And why?
Re:The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care ...
by mnky9800n on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:34PM
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Doctors often are compensated for the money they bring to their hospitals by the treatments they prescribe. That is, there is an incentive for doctors to prescribe costly treatments because they will net more payments from insurance raising hospital revenues.
There have been various attempts and proposals to change the system.
An example of one attempt among many is called "Medicare for All Act": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_for_All_Act
Scroll down that article to see that for the last 21 years of revisiting it by every legislative body, it always ends "Died in Committee". Every 2 years, some new representatives get voted in, and yet it still dies. The proposal doesn't even make it out to the House floor to officially vote on.
Why? A lot of vested interests in keeping the current system. (Aka "money".)
The intuition is to think only the greedy health insurance companies are against it. But doctors' associations and many American workers with decent health insurance from their employers are against it too.