> "greedy" insurance companies: any major improvements will have to come from employers or government
Pointless blaming employers or governments - their pockets aren't unlimited.
The problem is the greedy insured.
The insured only want the best when it comes to medicine and procedures.
Infinite want for important needs is hard to deal with (our economics cannot match our morals). Part of the reason for our roundabout ways of managing healthcare is so that budgets exist at all (nobody wants their healthcare options restricted). For public healthcare in New Zealand waiting lists are used to ration procedures, and expensive drugs don't get funded.
We're not the greedy insured in the US. Your point about unlimited resources is valid.
But we spend far more, multiple times more for exactly the same medical goods andservices available in other countries, for that fraction of the price.
It'd be a great start if there was equality, before we start talking about "greedy insured".
Pointless blaming employers or governments - their pockets aren't unlimited.
The problem is the greedy insured.
The insured only want the best when it comes to medicine and procedures.
Infinite want for important needs is hard to deal with (our economics cannot match our morals). Part of the reason for our roundabout ways of managing healthcare is so that budgets exist at all (nobody wants their healthcare options restricted). For public healthcare in New Zealand waiting lists are used to ration procedures, and expensive drugs don't get funded.