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This doesn't answer your question but .. If you look a little closer you'll see that there is a lot changing in the medical system. 1. More and more computer u
by theklub 11y ago
This doesn't answer your question but ..
If you look a little closer you'll see that there is a lot changing in the medical system. 1. More and more computer use in every aspect. 2. Huge companies are being formed through the merging or buyout of hospitals and large provider networks. 3. The way insurances pay doctors is changing and these insurance companies (which are flat out buying up doctors offices, for example United Healthcare, Optum and all that their doing) have huge control over the price of health care.
You might be right that there is a breaking point, but there is a ton changing right now so I don't see that point any time soon.
- tkahnoski 11y agoI'm not sure the Huge companies forming is a good thing. If we need more competitive pricing, having only 1 or 2 health care systems in a given locale could be seen as a local monopoly. I know the bigger systems get more negotiating power so in the short term this should probably help but if the local competition isn't there than that money just stays in the hospital pockets.
- theklub 11y agoYeah, that's a valid concern for sure. I'm very worried about how much insurance companies make and how much control they have over prices. Seems like a conflict of interest to be the insurance company and the boss of the person you are paying through that insurance.