Still, the biggest reason our health care is so expensive is because our government regulations are asinine. They mandate that health insurance companies may not cross state lines, mandated comprehensive plans (so no basic accident insurance - instead, we have to pay extra to be covered for services we will never use), and refuse to put caps on malpractice payouts, require medical professionals to serve on medical malpractice juries, and have very few monetary incentives for med students. Also, our malpractice insurance rates are through the roof, because John Edwards and a bunch of other ambulance chasers in the 80's skyrocketed the C-section rate with emotional appeals and junk science, which is a way riskier procedure. Actually, Americans are pretty accepting of risky procedures, but a lot of families get upset if experimental therapy doesn't work. Since we have a ratio of shyster lawyers at about 1:20, we get a lot of lawsuits.
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- Comment on We're (Not) #1! (2010-02-23 19:24:37)
Still, the biggest reason our health care is so expensive is because our government regulations are asinine. They mandate that health insurance companies may not cross state lines, mandated comprehensive plans (so no basic accident insurance - instead, we have to pay extra to be covered for services we will never use), and refuse to put caps on malpractice payouts, require medical professionals to serve on medical malpractice juries, and have very few monetary incentives for med students. Also, our malpractice insurance rates are through the roof, because John Edwards and a bunch of other ambulance chasers in the 80's skyrocketed the C-section rate with emotional appeals and junk science, which is a way riskier procedure. Actually, Americans are pretty accepting of risky procedures, but a lot of families get upset if experimental therapy doesn't work. Since we have a ratio of shyster lawyers at about 1:20, we get a lot of lawsuits. - Comment on We're (Not) #1! (2010-02-22 18:19:28)
Actually, the reason the US does not have the highest infant survival rate is because the US is one of the only country that counts every single live birth at the time of birth. Even a 1 pound baby who gasps once and dies is counted as a live birth, and thus as a death statistic. Babies in other countries may take up to a week to be registered, particularly preemies. Preemies have the highest rate of survival in the US, but by their nature, they're more likely to die suddenly in infancy. If you have health care, the USA is the best country to get sick in. We have much higher survival rates of cancer, premature birth, AIDS, and various other diseases than most of the world. Many medical breakthroughs are made in this country, perhaps because we have a lot of people with a metric fuckton of money who are willing and able to fund alternate research, or because the citizens of this country give more to charity (including medical charities) than almost anyone else in the world. Also, 'USA' is correct. Grammatically, it should stand for 'United States of the Americas', setting it apart from the American countries that are not united as independent states (which we are supposed to be, but are no longer). - Comment on Defensive Omnivore Bingo (2010-02-20 09:44:37)
So how about when hearing someone tell you that they're vegetarian or vegan saying 'That's nice. Hope it's working out for you'? I couldn't live on a vegetarian diet (for legitimate medical reasons), but if you can, more power to you. There's no one diet that's healthy for every single human being, and diet crusaders on both sides seem to forget that. - Comment on drink of the gods (2009-02-18 08:58:07)
That stuff is so sugary it tastes like carbonated Care Bear blood.
