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Explaining the Legalese of the US Supreme Court's Ruling on the Affordable Care Act ~ pj - Updated | 355 comments | Create New Account
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Explaining the Legalese of the US Supreme Court's Ruling on the Affordable Care Act ~ pj - Updated
Authored by: TemporalBeing on Monday, July 09 2012 @ 04:32 PM EDT
There are other contributors, such as

- doctor salaries
- unnecessary tests and procedures
- over-investment in expensive equipment
- our self-indulgent lifestyle. At one time the USA had the tallest population on earth. Now we have the most obese.
1. Doctor's salaries, while high, are not the biggest part of the issue - e.g. a minor factor.
2. Unnecessary tests and procedures are usually due to malpractice insurance and doctor's trying to protect themselves. For that we need to solve the lawsuit issue that is an issue for more than health care. That's a whole other topic on its own and one that needs sorely addressed.
3. Over-investment in expensive equipment is hard not to do - it's the hospital's bet that they will need that equipment for something at some critical time. That's a management/risk issue, and probably not as big a factor as you think.
4. The life-style issue is a big one, and one that will take generations to resolve. The only way to speed up that process is to get people to take more responsibility (not less) for their decisions - and the hippy generation is one that we can thank for that present dilemma.
If there's nothing in the estate, a claim against the estate doesn't do much good. If there are multiple claims that exceed the value of the estate, creditors only get a share of what's left.
True. But that's something that has already been worked out, and affects far more than simply health care. Are you going to do the same thing for utility bills, car payments, etc?
Health Insurance companies fought tooth and nail against the affordable health care act. I'm guessing you could add up their contributions to Obama's 2012 campaign on a might tiny piece of paper
Because they didn't want to give anything up. They wanted the additional revenue stream without the other requirements so it made sense for them to fight it.

And yes, I've been with and without insurance. And yes, I've paid medical bills without going through insurance - they even charged me less since I was paying up front.

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