THE DELICATE CONDITION OF AMERICAN’S MEDICAL HEALTH CARE!

THE DELICATE CONDITION OF AMERICAN’S MEDICAL HEALTH CARE!

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American’s health care and the value of a dollar bill, they go together like Mom and her apple pie, you read about it every day, but with little exception people don’t shout out in anger or despair, they bite the bullet or continue going to the emergency room for their health care maintenance. People simply do not talk about the issue because it touches so many and has the potential to touch so many more.

The loss of a job where health care is offered, a catastrophic illness or injury or those people who do not have access to medical health care can all end up in an emergency seeking some sort of medical care, knowing that they don’t have any type of medical insurance.

Health care insurance is less than a hundred year old concept in the United States and it took a tax exemption to get the ball rolling. In 1939 group health care was introduced as an employee benefit and in 1940 insurance premium funds were exempt from federal taxes. This exemption set the stage for the development of the group health insurance market. The tax exempt status of health insurance premiums remains in effect to this day.

In 1966 Medicare and Medicaid were introduced by the Lyndon Johnson administration, putting the federal government in the health insurance business in a big-time way, today these two programs are called entitlements and contribute significantly to the country’s deficit.

The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1974 (HMO) was supposed to be a panacea for governmentally operated health care aid…..and did work for a while…..but not so much anymore. HMO’s were supposed to curtail out of pocket costs…..and to a degree it has, but overall the act has done little to combat the raising costs of medical care.

Of course everybody has heard about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (PPACA) and the jury…..of course, is out…..way out with regards to how it will work. Enacted in 2010 with relatively little fanfare, the (PPACA) has become a political football, and whatever good the act was designed for is probably years off in measuring whether it was a good, mediocre, or bad idea.

THOSE THAT DESIGNED THE PPACA

Those people and organizations who sat down and designed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act did so with little oversight from the actual people that it was supposed to benefit. Part of the problem IS the very people who’s task it was to design the act…..an act that, to a degree, would eliminate those people who are in position to gain the most from the patients who are supposed to be protected.

There was, and is, absolutely no benefit for doctors, medical clinics, or hospitals to change the programs that govern the costs of medical procedures, care, aftercare, and prescriptions that all help to doctor sick or injured people. Every time a patient walks through the entry doors of a doctor’s office, or a health care clinic, a hospital, or an emergency room there is a ka-ching that goes off at the admittance desk. What is the first question that you are asked when being admitted to a health facility…..”And you’re insurance company is?”

There is a similarity between a hospital and a gambling casino, they are both clean, brightly++++lit++++, and perform the very same service…..they take your money. Hospitals do however give something in return, medical treatment…..but down at the end of the line, each person feels the same, no matter which place they are talking about.

It was a stroke of genius, those people that submitted their names, or were nominated to be a part of the designers of the Patient Protection plan…..I know, I talk from experience, I spent a bit more than a week in a medical facility…..and am paying for the services rendered to this day, nine months later, and will continue paying for the foreseeable future.

Health care is a tempting target for thieves and legitimate health providers, how could it be any other way when one considers that more than $2.8 trillion a year is spent…..or approximately 17% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  Hell, I’d be tempted.

AND THE PERPETATORS ARE

Well, I suppose just about anybody that works in the industry, from the heads of the medical care profession, to those that administer the care to the janitor who cleans up the mess. You didn’t really think that a band-aid costs $25, did you?

And the worst part of the entire situation is the fact that everybody knows that it’s going on, and we all know those that are cheating…..and we do nothing what-so-ever about it. Doctors, nurses, administrators, advertising agencies, pharmaceutical companies…..and government officials…..and patients…..we are guilty to some degree.

It is an atmosphere, an attitude…..and a business as usual practice that allows the carnage to continue, and it will continue until we wake up and smell the roses…..and I don’t mean the Four Roses either! We need a complete overhaul of our medical process in the United States, if we don’t; it’ll be one of the major issues that, in the end…..will spell our demise as a country.

 

HAVE A NICE DAY!