The Last Word

So, where did we leave off? Oh, I remember;
1. Retiring elderly couples will need $200,000 in savings just to pay for the most basic medical coverage. Many experts believe that this figure is conservative and that $300,000 may be a more realistic number. (I don’t have that money set aside and I am in my 50's. Do you?)

2. According to a recent report, the United States has $480 billion in EXCE$$ SPENDING each year to comparison to Western Europe nations that jave universal health insurance coverage. The costs are mainly associated with EXCE$$ ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS and POORER QUALITY OF CARE.

3. The United States spends six times more per capita on the administration of the health care system than its peer Western Europe nations.

To sum it all up; policymakers and government officials agree that health care costs must be controlled. But they disagree on the best ways to address rapidly escalating health spending and health insurance premiums. Some favor price controls and imposing strict budgets on health care spending. Others believe free market competition is the best was to solve the problems. Public health advocates believe that if all Americans adopted healthy lifestyles, health care cost would decrease as people required less medical care.

There appears to be no agreement on a single solution to health care's high price tag. Many approaches may be used to control costs. What we do know is if the rate of escalation in health care spending and health insurance premiums continues at current trends, the cost of inaction will severely affect employer’s bottom lines and consumer's pocketbooks.
Well that sounds depressing like everything else that is happening I our world such as, gas prices, loss of jobs due to outsourcing, the pollution and the need to educate all of us on helping our environment, taking back out political rights so when we vote it COUNTS, the failure of our Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae ( I think they should be married) and the general state of affairs of health issues and now obesity. Yes I can talk about that because I have that disease and I am fighting to remove it. Let’s get some feedback. I want to know what you see as a solution to these issues.
Email me @ mack.margie@gmail.com and let me see what you come up with. After all we have to be the change that we want to see in this world…and it is the only world we have, right?