Economy How do we lower medical costs? Any ideas?

[Jacket time]

.

 

[SandisLL]

Price controls on med school tuition and negotiated prices for basic services and meds for Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Med education most likely should be for free. Very good students might get also stipends...
This will provide a lot of interestents and then ...you will have free hands in unis and colleges etc easily to sort out and drop out not enough good for said programm. Easy peasy. So outcome will be very high dropouts % and at least more sorted " material " will get paper.

 

[Cajun]

One change that I've liked is routine meds are good to go by virtual call forn 25-40 dollars. Quick and easy. I also like some of the suggestions in here.

 

[PEB]

Trump has no idea on any of his promises.

 

[Belaya Smert]

Monetary incentive to maintain healthy bio markers and lifestyle. Either stipend or health insurance premium reduction.
You want to live like shit and ignore health conditions; like high blood pressure, diabetes, etc (maximum premium)
I shouldn’t pay more for my healthcare because your diseased brain thinks a pill is the key for you to continue to live like shit.
Generic drugs now come out 12 months after their name brand counterparts in my plan.
Blood panels for free 1 time a year.
Take soda and snack vending machines out if schools.

 

[Lycandroid]

Trump has no idea on any of his promises.

View attachment 1079129

For the love of god please tell me you aren't actually that stupid

 

[freakroor]

easiest way to reduce healthcare costs is to have a healthier population

 

[Brigfa2]

With communism

 

[Blayt7hh]

Reform Medical Lawsuits and Liability - The lawyers and insurance ghouls are crushing us all.

I don’t know how you want to reform this though. In court, malpractice cases are incredibly hard to prove and the physical has to be almost comically incompetent to lose. It’s true that legal fees and time away from practice contributes to higher healthcare costs, but what is and is not considered malpractice is very lenient towards the defendant

 

[pinger]

For the love of god please tell me you aren't actually that stupid

He has "concepts" of a plan

 

[PEB]

Here is a radical idea let's remove corporate Healthcare.

 

[Yehudim]

Biden already did one of the low-hanging fruit which was allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices with drug manufacturers. Just like how Obama left office with low-unemployment (which would lead to a rise in wages) I suspect Trump will be the beneficiary.

We can do away with licensing that artificially lowers the supply of doctors, and there's no doubt a ton of regulation (that aren't consumer protection laws) that can be removed that will lower the cost. We can reduce the amount of illegal aliens, who, no matter what liberals will tell you, do bring up the cost of healthcare through unpaid hospital bills. You can argue, perhaps on a societal level they contribute more than they get, but I am talking about a very narrow topic here.

We can also just do UHC, though we lose all the benefits of our current system (of which there are many)

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

Biden already did one of the low-hanging fruit which was allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices with drug manufacturers. Just like how Obama left office with low-unemployment (which would lead to a rise in wages) I suspect Trump will be the beneficiary.

We can do away with licensing that artificially lowers the supply of doctors, and there's no doubt a ton of regulation (that aren't consumer protection laws) that can be removed that will lower the cost. We can reduce the amount of illegal aliens, who, no matter what liberals will tell you, do bring up the cost of healthcare through unpaid hospital bills. You can argue, perhaps on a societal level they contribute more than they get, but I am talking about a very narrow topic here.

We can also just do UHC, though we lose all the benefits of our current system (of which there are many)

It boils down to one simple question that definitely doesn't have a simple answer. How do we institute universal healthcare that doesn't actually suck.

 

[avenue94]

Med education most likely should be for free. Very good students might get also stipends...
This will provide a lot of interestents and then ...you will have free hands in unis and colleges etc easily to sort out and drop out not enough good for said programm. Easy peasy. So outcome will be very high dropouts % and at least more sorted " material " will get paper.

There are way more potential med students than slots, there's no need for it to be free. The entire reason we are short of doctors is because the AMA caps the number of residency slots (aka future doctors) in order to artificially inflate salaries of doctors. That's why American doctors are paid so much more than in the UK or comparable countries.

 

[Ruprecht]

You'll always have wait times for universal healthcare given any politically realistic funding method and amount of funding.
Your proven alternatives (that I'm aware of) are basically a two tier private/public system like Australia, where wait times mostly impact the public option, or Singapore's compulsory medical saving scheme and basic insurance, which still would leave significant (though much smaller) gaps in coverage.

 

[tastaylvr]

America gets taxed more for Medicare than citizens of countries like Australia and Canada yet receive nothing in return. America is a socialist country without the benefits. But reading this thread they seem to take pride in it.

 

[Legumes]

Maybe start with those 10,000% or higher markups on medications administered during ER visits...

 

[SandisLL]

There are way more potential med students than slots, there's no need for it to be free. The entire reason we are short of doctors is because the AMA caps the number of residency slots (aka future doctors) in order to artificially inflate salaries of doctors. That's why American doctors are paid so much more than in the UK or comparable countries.

We in EU too do have multiple caps cos general funding and also because hospitals usually does have slots.
Experienced doctors in not rare cases are required to have additional education to get allowed to be " bosses " for residents etc....

I might agree to pay part of my VAT for bread I purchase and part of taxes I should pay for gasoline or diesel etc for good and strict high quality education for diligent and hardworking talented ppl.
Like to have good quality doctors, nurses and lab tech etc.
Why? Cos I do know that risk if mistake will happen might be to get turned into paraplegic or in coffin. Easily. Risk will be even if they will be competent and will attempt to do all the best.

Why to increase risk?

I think that talented and hardworking ppl should get chance even to learn for free. Cos we do need to have the best.
I had tasted also 100% funded from my pocket medicine and private insurance funded and other kind of services in EU.

I'm not so delusional that if I will get AI type advises this will better.

 

[Luthien]

Force people into healthier lifestyles. Sugar should be taxed out the ASS.

Jury duty? How about exercising duty? Twice a year we want you to show up and prove you are hitting some agreed upon level of health, or ELSE. TAXED.

If I was in charge

 

[SandisLL]

Force people into healthier lifestyles. Sugar should be taxed out the ASS.

Jury duty? How about exercising duty? Twice a year we want you to show up and prove you are hitting some agreed upon level of health, or ELSE. TAXED.

If I was in charge

I don't agree about sugar taxing etc. Do you know how much food and sugars you will use if you will have physical workload? Not alone to talk about if you will have pre fight training camp if to bear in mind that you should be in good shape to start pre fight training camp .....

I don't spar anymore and do not limit sugars usage. Still glyc bloodworks charts are not bad. Not at all. Better than should be according to age....glyc load tests too.

I don't limit sugar usage and usually if possible use honey ... still it is what it is here.
Why some boy living in dreams might tell how much sugar I should use ? Maybe better to lurk in mirror and to visit sport doctor in order to get how much body fat % ideologist does have and so on. This is thing to do in person..in real life. To visit doctors and to do check ups. Not for internet.