The fact that doctors and nurses must spend exorbitant amounts of money and assume boatloads of debt in order gain their profession is more a result of the for-profit system.Not too mention those greedy doctors and nurses who somehow expect a middle to upper middle class income for their years of training and sacrifice.
I assume you have a source for your first statement? Somehow I expect the majority of doctors and nurses probably work at hospitals, clinics, and private practices.Doctors and nurses make up a big part of pharmaceutical and health insurance industries. How do you separate their greed from the greed of managers and administrators?
Since most health insurance companies are non-profit organizations, are you saying it’s the universities and medical schools that are responsible?The fact that doctors and nurses must spend exorbitant amounts of money and assume boatloads of debt in order gain their profession is more a result of the for-profit system.
Comfortable is a relative term. What is considered comfortable in India or China would be fairly squalid by US or Western European standards. Also, it should be noted that many European countries with nationalized medicine keep doctor salaries artificially low by importing doctors from 3rd world countries. There are a lot of downsides to this practice. For one thing, customers have to deal with doctors who may not be comfortable with the native language or culture. This is a recipe for medical errors and misdiagnosis. The other downside is the creation of a “brain drain” in these developing countries. It is essentially a reverse “Robin Hood” scenario where rich, developed nation steal the best people of the poor and undeveloped nations. I don’t see how Catholic doctrine can support that practice.There are thousands of doctors and nurses in other countries who are financially very comfortable without having had to go through what American doctors and nurses are forced to endure by the greed at the heart of the American system.
In the wake of the ACA, most of those small practices are affiliating with big hospital groups like MedStar. They just can’t afford the additional administrative costs the act imposed. And like it or not, hospitals, clinics, and private practices are part of the industry and make up a big chunk of the “for-profit” part. The majority of health insurance companies, like Blue Cross and Kaiser-Permanente are non-profit companies.I assume you have a source for your first statement? Somehow I expect the majority of doctors and nurses probably work at hospitals, clinics, and private practices.
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They’re all part of the Healthcare Industry, obviously.In the wake of the ACA, most of those small practices are affiliating with big hospital groups like MedStar. They just can’t afford the additional administrative costs the act imposed. And like it or not, hospitals, clinics, and private practices are part of the industry and make up a big chunk of the “for-profit” part. The majority of health insurance companies, like Blue Cross and Kaiser-Permanente are non-profit companies.
Did Marguerite Porete or any of the other men and women that got burned at the stake for heresy get used to it?You’d get used to it.
People got used to Communism, and that never worked nearly as well as the centuries of Catholic monarchies.
Yeah, expulsion of non-Catholics and the inquisition were minor things instituted under Catholic monarchs. They’ll get over it.You’d get used to it.
People got used to Communism, and that never worked nearly as well as the centuries of Catholic monarchies.
Non-profit does not mean they don’t have expenses on top of paying the medical bills of their members. Just like every other large company, they have clerical staff, professional staff, buildings, furniture, utilities, computers, stationary supplies, janitors, and, most important of all, Executives.Since most health insurance companies are non-profit organizations, are you saying it’s the universities and medical schools that are responsible?
Actually the Inquisition was set up to make trials more uniform, and respect the rights of the accused. People would often intentionally blaspheme so they could be transferred from regular state courts to inquisition courts so they could receive a more fair trial and have rights.Yeah, expulsion of non-Catholics and the inquisition were minor things instituted under Catholic monarchs. They’ll get over it.
But they don’t have that EVIL profit motive, which is blamed for virtually all of the rising costs in medicine. It is NEVER the fault of government interference and regulation.Non-profit does not mean they don’t have expenses on top of paying the medical bills of their members. Just like every other large company, they have clerical staff, professional staff, buildings, furniture, utilities, computers, stationary supplies, janitors, and, most important of all, Executives.
Yes, this was very predictable, they knew costs would increase for ‘paying customers’ and lied, promising lower costs. As you point out, no aspect of the law addressed reducing costs.This is no surprise, nor is it a bad thing. One goal of ACA was to help those who could not get insurance get medical treatment. Of course this meant healthy insured people would pay more. My only complaint about the whole mess is the “affordable” part. Not once did the lawyers we elect to office address the actual affordability of health care. They just shifted who was to pay into a system designed to keep a thriving industry of legal malpractice strong.
What they ought to get is what the market determines, no more and no less. Unfortunately, our occupational licensing laws prevent competition which drives up the salaries of medical providers. Healthcare providers deserve to get what they can the market, but it must be a truly free market, not one where wages are driven up by useless regulations.Not too mention those greedy doctors and nurses who somehow expect a middle to upper middle class income for their years of training and sacrifice.