Health Insurance Reform!!
Health Insurance Reform and Health Care continues to dominate the news out of Washington. It is a topic of conversation no matter who we talk to and no matter where we go. Why is that? I would like to suggest of few of the reasons:
- Most of us wish to live long, fullfilling lives and have a vested interest in staying healthy, or curing our illnesses and healing our injuries.
- The cost of this care is very expensive for many reasons. For example, when you are sick or hurt and your doctor wants you to have an MRI rather than an old fashioned X-Ray, do you say no? Of course not. We want the advantages that technological advances afford us.
- The health care system and therefore it’s cost is very complicated. Many hands in the cookie jar. Patients, Doctors, and Hospitals. Drugs Companies, Lawyers and Insurance Companies. The most significant complicating factor is government. The state and federal regulations placed on this industry are unprecidented
The importance, the cost and the complicated nature of this issue bring it to the fore. All of this prior to the application of the political forces. No matter what direction the political winds end up blowing in Washington in the coming weeks, “REFORM” will not reduce the importance, the cost or the complicated nature of Health Care. Infact, reform may increase them all.
Government involvement rarely makes things less complicated! I long for the old days of fee for service. My health, my responsibility and not the many layers of admin and approval in between!