3 ms·
The whole discussion is baffling. The US health care system consumes almost 20% of GDP. That is twice as much as any other developed country - without seeing be
by rwissmann 13y ago
The whole discussion is baffling. The US health care system consumes almost 20% of GDP. That is twice as much as any other developed country - without seeing better health care results.
Making changes to a system that corresponds to one fifth of the annual economic output will obviously have massive consequences. However, it is hard to see how you could possible make the economics of US health care worse. ACA gives more people the ability to individually choose their health care insurance, thus increasing competition and hopefully giving the health care buy side more incentive to drive down prices.
- jboggan 13y agoChoosing not to have a certain level of health insurance or any health insurance at all is also a choice. Or rather, it was.
- maxerickson 13y agoOne simple way to make health care more expensive with minimal improvements to outcomes would be to devote even more resources to extraordinary measures. The U.S. healthcare system is not set up to maximize outcomes. I guess I agree that is a problem, but it makes efficiency comparisons less interesting.