Marc Farley
Robert ReichRT @rbreich
Why is healthcare so expensive in America?
In the past few years, some hospital CEOs have seen their salaries increase by as much as 700 percent. Yes, you read that correctly.
Say it with me, Medicare for All.
@rbreich Medicare for all is needed now!
jackie@rbreich as a side item, since biden began seriously cutting medication costs, mine have increased somewhere near 30%. anyone else?
Stevens R MillerMoved recently so I had to find a new doctor. First one I called was nearby, taking new patients, and came recommended.
Wouldn't take me because I had the "wrong" insurance.
How can any health insurance be wrong?
癲婆@stevensrmiller @rbreich your health insurance isn’t profitable for them, that’s why it’s “wrong.” This is ridiculous
Isn't it? What's always seemed most ridiculous to me is that my employer picks my insurance, which means my employer is in control of which list of doctors I'm allowed to see. If I want to buy a car, hire a lawyer, or stream a video, I just lay down my money and buy whatever I want from whomever I choose. But not my doctor. My employer decides if I can be treated by a given doctor or not.
Why do employers even put up with this noise? What's in it for them?
@stevensrmiller @rbreich sound like slavery if you ask me.
Lawrence@rbreich my hospital CEO travels with a special security detail, to protect him from his own employees (a bunch of violent low-lives and thugs.... no wait, a highly educated group of people who have literally dedicated their lives to helping others!)
C0ppertop@rbreich with every medical facility, be it one doctor in a practice, or a hundred doctors in a group practice, how much healthcare money is wasted, by all the administrative overhead, thst come with needing to deal with, the very many insurance companies.
If we had universal healthcare, there would be far less waste:
If we had universal healthcare, there would be far less waste:
Matt@C0ppert0p @rbreich my physician friends and family would prefer single payer coverage for all patients. Partly because of the administrative cost of billing, partly the (unpaid) hassle of getting pre-authorizations from different insurances, mostly because it would be better for patients.
Julia T@rbreich How does that prevent hospital CEOs from giving themselves a raise every year?
limbodog@rbreich I very much want universal health care, but I'm not a fan of M4A. Can we not find a hybrid system that works for us? Like something similar to what Japan uses?
Ugur@rbreich Recently, I became aware that certain primary care physicians (PCPs) are providing yearly subscription options. we need #universalhealthcare !
PamBerg@rbreich -Universal Health care, but NOT government run Medicare. Just think how great Hillary's Universal plan would be running now, 30 yrs later with all the glitches ironed out, if Republicans & Bernie did not vote it down.
Jeff Shaffer CBET, ret@rbreich I worked in hospitals from 1974 until I retired in 2009 and C suite salaries then were already excessive. How they can justify increases like this are unbelievable. They are some of the most unproductive people on the planet, and their mismanagement ends up with soaring cost increases that produce more revenue that is mostly wasted but helps the hospital keep its not for profit status. Medicare for all would eliminate departments of paper pushers like coders and billers, reducing waste
@rbreich For profit healthcare is not about making American's healthy. It's about making as much money off the reality that people need healthcare.
Gurtbeef Robe@rbreich Cleveland clinic charges $20 for a $0.99 stick of Hall’s cough drops. I feel like decisions like that might have an impact
Ron Mannhalter@rbreich We’re just ATMs for this HC industry!