I quit after I realized that it was the state (and employers) that were jacking up the cost of health care. It was the gimmicks that we thought we drop the cost of health care that was pushing it out of our reach.

I was working on actuarial analysis of insurance claims and premiums. I quit my cozy government job because I realized that the massive government bureaucracies controlling health care were making the situation worse.

Notice how the landscape of medicine has changed as the government becomes progressively more intrusive. There has not been a single year in the last half century where government did not become more intrusive in health care. There has not been a single year during which government expenditure on health care did not grow faster than the economy as a whole. Despite massive increases in government spending, health care is less accessible.

the government is the primary problem in health care.

Notice that, as the government got more and more intrusive, most of the private practices, independent pharmacies and independent agencies that work in health care went under because they could not deal with the government.

The government systematically drives away all but the biggest health care providers out of existence. You know, the ones that give big bucks to politicians.

Notice how every year, the government spends more on health care and adds more and more regulations. Every year, the cost of healthcare relative to our incomes rises.

I quit being a government employed progressive because all of the data I could find was showing that government employed progressives were the ones causing the problem we claimed to be fixing.

What has happened is that politicians have convinced the world that health care is that health care is bureuacrats pushing papers around.

In reality, health care is done by the person sitting by the side of a patient applying time and our collective knowledge of the human body to aid patients in time of need …. Better yet, health care comes from people spending time to figure out how to keep people happy and healthy.

You are a dog person. Have you noticed that dogs get health care at a fraction of the cost of humans? In many cases vet procedures are 1/10th to 1/20th of what gets charged through the medical system for the exact same procedure done on a human.

This outrageous price differential happens despite the fact that the massive government subsidies for human health care dwarfs doggie health care.

The difference is not because dogs have different anatomies than people. Humans and dogs pretty much have all the same parts. However, you will generally find taht something that costs $1000 for a dog costs $10,000 to an uninsured patient.

The reason for this is that most of the money spent on human care is funneled away into the pockets of bureaucrats, lawyers and government.

All of the energy that should be focussed to the bedside of the patient is funneled into political games in a distant office.

Lets look at this from a different perspective.

I take it from your site that you are an avid dog owner. Have you noticed how much of the real care your dogs receives actually comes from your hands?

The same is true for humans. In most cases, the most valuable health care comes from the caring people sitting by the bed side. The professionals provide knowledge and some very valuable skilled care. The largest investment in time happens on a individual level.

People today can’t give the care they used to give to loved ones because they spend the bulk of their year paying insurance premiums and taxes.

Almost all of the areas where we could make really big improvements in health are best accomplished through human to human interaction. Yet we can do it because of the legion of progressive democratic bureaucrats who are are systematically stealing our lives and forcing Americans into a state of servitude.

I assume you hate Bush. Notice how Hillary and Barack’s claim that if we just gave more money, more manpower and more authority to the health care bureaucracy that health care would magically work is similar to Bush’s claim that if we just gave more money, manpower and authority to the war, that the war would work?

The trillions of dollars that exchange hands in health care legislation in Washington DC does not put people by patient’s side.

I was a government employed progressive Democrat until after I finally realized that it was government employed progressive democrats that are the primary root of our current problem. I was a health care employee pushing papers, but not once did I do anything that improved a person’s health. As a government employee, I increased health care costs, I did not provide health care.

Health care is a human to human service. It is not something that comes from CEOs or presidents. If we wanted really wanted quality care, we would reduce the role that employers or government played in the process.

IF we cut the employer and government bureaucrats out of the system, we would see a resurgence in private practices. We would see an 80% drop in the cost of health care.

It took me five years to figure out the math. However, pretty much all of our discontentments with health care would vanish if we pulled the bureaucrats out of the system.

I quit after I realized that it was the state (and employers) that were jacking up the cost of health care. It was the gimmicks that we thought we drop the cost of health care that was pushing it out of our reach.

I was working on actuarial analysis of insurance claims and premiums. I quit my cozy government job because I realized that the massive government bureaucracies controlling health care were making the situation worse.

Notice how the landscape of medicine has changed as the government becomes progressively more intrusive. There has not been a single year in the last half century where government did not become more intrusive in health care. There has not been a single year during which government expenditure on health care did not grow faster than the economy as a whole. Despite massive increases in government spending, health care is less accessible.

the government is the primary problem in health care.

Notice that, as the government got more and more intrusive, most of the private practices, independent pharmacies and independent agencies that work in health care went under because they could not deal with the government.

The government systematically drives away all but the biggest health care providers out of existence. You know, the ones that give big bucks to politicians.

Notice how every year, the government spends more on health care and adds more and more regulations. Every year, the cost of healthcare relative to our incomes rises.

I quit being a government employed progressive because all of the data I could find was showing that government employed progressives were the ones causing the problem we claimed to be fixing.

What has happened is that politicians have convinced the world that health care is that health care is bureuacrats pushing papers around.

In reality, health care is done by the person sitting by the side of a patient applying time and our collective knowledge of the human body to aid patients in time of need …. Better yet, health care comes from people spending time to figure out how to keep people happy and healthy.

You are a dog person. Have you noticed that dogs get health care at a fraction of the cost of humans? In many cases vet procedures are 1/10th to 1/20th of what gets charged through the medical system for the exact same procedure done on a human.

This outrageous price differential happens despite the fact that the massive government subsidies for human health care dwarfs doggie health care.

The difference is not because dogs have different anatomies than people. Humans and dogs pretty much have all the same parts. However, you will generally find taht something that costs $1000 for a dog costs $10,000 to an uninsured patient.

The reason for this is that most of the money spent on human care is funneled away into the pockets of bureaucrats, lawyers and government.

All of the energy that should be focussed to the bedside of the patient is funneled into political games in a distant office.

Lets look at this from a different perspective.

I take it from your site that you are an avid dog owner. Have you noticed how much of the real care your dogs receives actually comes from your hands?

The same is true for humans. In most cases, the most valuable health care comes from the caring people sitting by the bed side. The professionals provide knowledge and some very valuable skilled care. The largest investment in time happens on a individual level.

People today can't give the care they used to give to loved ones because they spend the bulk of their year paying insurance premiums and taxes.

Almost all of the areas where we could make really big improvements in health are best accomplished through human to human interaction. Yet we can do it because of the legion of progressive democratic bureaucrats who are are systematically stealing our lives and forcing Americans into a state of servitude.

I assume you hate Bush. Notice how Hillary and Barack's claim that if we just gave more money, more manpower and more authority to the health care bureaucracy that health care would magically work is similar to Bush's claim that if we just gave more money, manpower and authority to the war, that the war would work?

The trillions of dollars that exchange hands in health care legislation in Washington DC does not put people by patient's side.

I was a government employed progressive Democrat until after I finally realized that it was government employed progressive democrats that are the primary root of our current problem. I was a health care employee pushing papers, but not once did I do anything that improved a person's health. As a government employee, I increased health care costs, I did not provide health care.

Health care is a human to human service. It is not something that comes from CEOs or presidents. If we wanted really wanted quality care, we would reduce the role that employers or government played in the process.

IF we cut the employer and government bureaucrats out of the system, we would see a resurgence in private practices. We would see an 80% drop in the cost of health care.

It took me five years to figure out the math. However, pretty much all of our discontentments with health care would vanish if we pulled the bureaucrats out of the system.

Make sure to comment on the articles you like and point out any problems with ideas you see (or email me). I have tons on innovative ideas, but the plans to put them into practice are just being pieced together through discussion. So, every new brain put to this problem might bring us one step closer to beginning real change!

Chris Schaffer’s last blog post..How to Create Change

Make sure to comment on the articles you like and point out any problems with ideas you see (or email me). I have tons on innovative ideas, but the plans to put them into practice are just being pieced together through discussion. So, every new brain put to this problem might bring us one step closer to beginning real change! <em>Chris Schaffer's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SustainableDemocra...rel="nofollow">How to Create Change</a></em>