{"id":7037711,"date":"2026-08-11T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/a-health-care-rant-the-mahablog\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:27:11","slug":"a-health-care-rant-the-mahablog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7037711","title":{"rendered":"A Health Care Rant | The Mahablog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This will be a little different. I need to rant about health care.<\/p>\n<p>As y\u2019all well know, the United States is the only industrialized nation on the planet still trying to provide health care through a private for-profit system, only using government programs as patches for what the private system won\u2019t touch because there\u2019s no profit in it, like taking care of the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the United States spent an estimated <strong>$15,474<\/strong> per person on health care, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/data-research\/statistics-trends-and-reports\/national-health-expenditure-data\/nhe-fact-sheet\">Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services<\/a>. This isn\u2019t just government spending but all spending, including what we pay out of pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s look at what other industrialized nations spend. Germany has one of the most expensive health care systems in Europe. They\u2019re spending $9,365 USD per capita per year. Again, that\u2019s all spending. Germany\u2019s health care system is ranked a lot higher than ours, by the way, as measured by outcomes and accessibility. The average spending in European Union countries is $5,005.50 annually per capita. Quality varies, but several of those countries rank higher than the U.S. in quality.<\/p>\n<p>Why are we spending so much more? One reason is that we have no cost controls. I understand providers of pharmaceuticals and medical technology have been free to charge whatever they want in most circumstances. And where else do pharmaceutical companies spend millions on television advertising? Often the same products are far more expensive in the U.S. than anywhere else. Another reason is that keeping track of the many separate insurance plans requires an army of clerical workers to keep track of them. And when uninsured patients can\u2019t pay, or he insurance companies won\u2019t pay, for care already provided, medical facilities often add hidden surcharges to everybody\u2019s bills to make up for the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Other industrialized nations don\u2019t have identical systems, but generally they offer healthcare to everybody through a taxpayer supported system in one way or another. Everybody is covered. These systems get economies of scale and negotiate uniform prices with providers. There is no clerical or advertising overhead. Often there are legal limits on how much profit anyone can charge. H<span id=\"more-50745\"\/>ealth care dollars aren\u2019t going toward providing profits for insurance companies.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland is a bit of an aberration. It has a system that\u2019s something like Obamacare on steroids that requires people to purchase insurance policies, but the insurance companies are nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>Our system is a hot mess that is overrun with price gouging and built-in overheads all over the place. And I am really tired of people telling me that we \u201ccan\u2019t afford\u201d a national health care system. I say we can\u2019t afford what we\u2019ve got now. We\u2019re spending all that money and still a lot of Americans don\u2019t have coverage and are basically cut off from the health care system. And it\u2019s going to get worse next year, when more of the cuts in the Big Ugly Bill go into effect.<\/p>\n<p>So keep these numbers handy and show them to anybody you hear saying we can\u2019t afford \u201cMedicare for All\u201d or a national\u00a0 health care system. Please spread the word.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be a little different. 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