Healthcare Reform

https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm

2018 CDC info.

 infant mortality rate is an important marker of the overall health of a society. In 2015, the infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.9 deaths per 1,000 live births.
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They break it down to these (deaths per 1000 live births) by states - which is pretty interesting.  I'd like to lay the Medicade map over this - my layperson's eyes show a pretty interesting match up.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_rates/infant_mortality.htm

Then when you compare vs. other nations ...

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Clifford Franklin said:
This is a good example of very poor governance. Letting politics get in the way of what science tells us works.
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In this case common sense tells us what works too. The common sense is backed up by science but you have to be a moron to think this was a waste of $. Especially if you're actually pro-life and not just pretending to be for political gain.

 
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These are the types of situations where I just don't understand why we don't just pay the bill for a vet to use the normal healthcare system.  Why does a vet need to drive 4 hours just to get a Coloscopy when he probably is passing multiple hospitals that can easily accomplish the same thing....without the scheduling headache?


 
On a more serious note, the way to lower the costs of healthcare is to completely remove the insurance companies, or at the minimum, force them to be non-profit.  The problem is, insurance companies are corrupt, greedy, profit-mongering entities who have people who will always find a way to get around any law.  We would literally need an agency the size of the IRS just to watch and monitor insurance companies.

Then there is big pharma...Deliberately over-pricing things to 10x or more over what they should cost.  

Healthcare SHOULD NOT be a for profit enterprise.

And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the final piece of the high cost problem: trial lawyers and people who will sue doctors for the most trivial of reasons.  I see these ads on tv all the time for class action lawsuits against healthcare providers.  This crap needs to be severely restricted.

 
Making Chimichangas said:
On a more serious note, the way to lower the costs of healthcare is to completely remove the insurance companies, or at the minimum, force them to be non-profit.  The problem is, insurance companies are corrupt, greedy, profit-mongering entities who have people who will always find a way to get around any law.

Then there is big pharma...Deliberately over-pricing things to 10x or more over what they should cost.  
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I agree with tort system reform, though it's more easy said than done.

Solvency, which is related to an insurance company's rating, is a good thing.

Do you know what all goes in to obtaining the patent on a drug?  Do you know how long a patent is good for?

I realize it's easy to point a finger at "evil" corporate America, but we are a capitalistic market, right?

 
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