Last week President Obama held his health care summit. To his regret, it showed how ill prepare he and progressives in Congress are to defend their idea of health care. Little was accomplished in favor of the Democrats. Republicans offered real and reasonable suggestions to reduce cost and increase coverage. Neither identified the need to address the government mandated and prearranged cost increases.
Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with department regulating insurance and health services in states, worked together to drive up cost. How? By increasing administrative cost. Government mandated forms, if not completed could land someone in jail, increase cost to the patient.
By adding additional forms intruding further into patients affairs, government agencies compile records, data and files. The cost for printing, storing and completing these forms, falls on insurance companies and health care providers. These mountains of paper work have an associated cost. This cost is passed on to patients. But, there’s a catch.
Lawyers gain access to these mountains of paperwork. Once the paperwork is in their possession, they spend hours poring over page and column, searching for mistakes. When mistakes are found, now the lawyers have something to sue for, if suing would be in their best interest and profitable. Often they sue the Doctors.
Why does this matter? Lawyers over populate Congress. Lawyers make their living practicing law – be it good or bad. The more laws they get to write, the more opportunity they have to profit. Doctors pay higher malpractice insurance rates – patients pay higher for services.
NOTE; honesty is not mention.
1 comment:
Hello Michael,
Thank you for the comment. I did not think my were that different. But, I take it coming from an anthropologist.
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