There are a lot of debates on the high healthcare cost in US. People blame insurance company, others blame pharmaceutical companies. Actually, the root problem is Drs themselves. Why, because they deliberately limit number of Drs allowed to work in this country. This way they can keep their salary high. Every Dr to practice in US need to have residency in this country even if you practice in other country in many years. What Drs union (American Medical Association) do is to limit number of residency slots available. This way they limit supply of Dr with the purpose to keep their salary high. That is a big crime. They inflated the price of healthcare. Not only they looted from the public, they are responsible for 40,000 death of uninsured and under-insured.
The thing also make me angry is that the corrupted government and congress allowed this happen for more than hundred years. Itself is a joke to allow Drs themselves to decide how many Drs in this country. Any reform without get rid of Drs’ union on the controlling the Drs’ supply, will not work
quicktime2004 发表评论于
恐吓和辱骂之声不绝于耳啊
孙文 发表评论于
历史潮流,浩浩汤汤,。。。。,。。。。!
buzz 发表评论于
光是UNH和WLP两家的netincome就是9个Billion,我还没查其他公司的:
UNH 的财务报告:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=UNH
WLP的财务报告:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=WLP
harwoodxu 发表评论于
just pick up MetLife, it normally makes $4/share profit and it has 800M shares or $3.2B profit annually. you got to double check $9B profit story one more time.
This person does not know anything right about both countries on the medicare/insurance systems, especially about Canada.
I do not know what he is talking about.
once4all09 发表评论于
回复buzz的评论:
800 billion in annual profits? Using a very conservative 10x PE ratio then these companies should have a 8 trillion market cap. Please check the total market market cap of NYSE and NASDAQ combined and you will know it's ridiculous.
buzz 发表评论于
数据严重错误,保险公司年利润8000亿:
"Under the current greed-driven arrangement negotiated by the parasitic insurance industry, 1 of every 4 healthcare dollars spent goes to insurance companies, which generates approximately $ 800 billion annually in profit that is divided amongst the top 7 seven insurers, to include UnitedHealthcare and WellPoint. "
"在美国由于人工关节手术比较贵,有保险公司控制支出,所以医生比较少做人工关节的手术。而在加拿大,由于全民保健,没有支付的顾虑,医生经常性的会要求病人做人工关节手术。"
If the more people do this operation, then the cost will be cheaper. Think about the cost to produce 100 and the cost to produce 100000.
回复打印的评论:
Maybe you should lean about health care reform yourself instead of trust other people to make judgement for you.
jennifer123ee 发表评论于
回复jennifer123ee的评论:
Thank you for post such a great article, I am sicken tired of a few idiots on this forum appraise Obama all day long. Please post more.
I totally agree with you. People who support this stupid reform are the ones who don't even know what is in it. If you think this will work, just look at the health care system in Canada and England.
Right now only couples make more than $250k pay more tax, but very soon, they will have to increase tax for everyone to cover the bill. If you don't pay for it, you go to jail. And remeber rich people can afford a little increase in tax, middle income people will be hurt.
But you know what, those are the people who voted for Obama, therefore they deserve what is coming to their way.
First of all, get the facts right. Last year, the five largest health insurance companies – WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, Aetna, and Humana – took in combined profits of $12.2 billion, up 56 percent over 2008. You are right, however, the major issue is the wasting medical speding. The reason the Canadians come to the US to seek treatment is not because they have to wait in Canada but because of the advanced tech here. The US provide the best care when it comes to cancers and Cardiovascular diseases in terms of mortality rate and surviving rate. Things the US did poorly are preventive care. The hospitalization rate in the US from chronic diseases,such as diabetes is among the highest. You do know more people go to Canada, Mexico, and Cuba to seek for medical care than people from those three countries to here, do you?
jennifer123ee 发表评论于
Maybe you should lean about health care reform yourself instead of trust other people to make judgement for you.
jjj7 发表评论于
Good article!Ding!
All OB is doing is for polically gain. I can run for president by promising giving everyone $100,000 a year as a low income benefit. (Increase tax and print the green paper)