What role should government play in controlling increases in the cost of care and the cost of health coverage?

Question

what role should government play in controlling increases in the cost of care and the cost of health coverage? what different choices do state and federal policymakers have in containing costs

Answer 1

The less the better for the average citizen.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

While governments are not REQUIRED to provide health-care to its citizens, the availability of affordable health-care is a human right, as laid down by the United Nations.

As such, it is the responsibility of the government to run a low-cost health-care service for its citizens. Unfortunately, if the government does not oversee this sector, prices spiral beyond control making health-care unaffordable. But private health-care providers should also be allowed into the system so that a healthy choice and competition is maintained.

If you are familiar with the US system, you will know that it is completely flawed because it expects all its citizens to BUY medical insurance for themselves. MOST other nations do not have this. In fact most people in the world do not have medical insurance, they just walk into the hospital, get treated and pay per visit.

The private sector has made this impossible in the US by inflating prices and then creating shrewd insurance plans that are meant to deceive the common man. It is the government's duty to regulate the private and ensure that its citizens are not being looted.

For this, it will have to establish a public-sector health-care system, but most governments are lazy and do not want to do this.

Answer 4

Regulations forcing all involved in health care to public posting of pricing for all services provided.

Answer 5

None. What has it done that could not have been done better by the private sector?

Answer 6

None. You used to be able to pay doctors from your wallet when they made house calls...then the government got involved and its been downhill ever since.

Answer 7

The only enemy corporations have is the Federal Government. That's why Republicans go off spewing "Big government is BAD" (while hypocritically fighting to get into government themselves). Corps favor Repubs. It's a statistical fact.

The Federal Government could impose a national health program a la Medi-care only more expanded. Of course they allow us to choose a private HMO or PPO if we want to, but by creating a law to expand and make national the Med-Care program for all, costs will come down eliminating the administrative costs HMO's and PPO's charge us now.

The American people need to wake up already. Single-payer, universal health-care is not the devil. Being without or having inadequate health-care is and it's an embarrassment to the people of the most richest, most powerful country in the world, and in history.