Study: Most Believe Health Insurance Problematic
National News • November 16, 2006
Most Americans think there is something wrong about the state of U.S. health insurance, but they disagree on what to do about it.
A study released Tuesday by the National Opinion Research Center ...
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Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Uninsured
Posted On: November 29, 2006, 1:42 pm CST
Posted By: Indian
Comment:
No there was no lawsuit filed.
Of course now, almost 30 years later, it seems utterly foolish not to press charges of gross negligence. But far too late obviously.
The vast majority of services offered in India are provided by the government. The expectation there is that the government is responsible for almost everything. Historically the people there have been extremely pro-labor. It is extremely difficult to fire any government employee. In fact in most cases the supervisor has to prove beyond a resonable doubt that the a fired employee is incompetent. If there is even a little doubt the firing is overturned. So if a person is the victim of a grossly negligent or undertrained doctor, the legal system there is such that the doctor in question will not be fired unless he has been consistently horrible and negligent (resulting in many deaths).
The result is that accountability is stunted and the negligent continue with their duties without much more than a slap on the wrist. People sometimes wonder why there is so much corruption over there. I don't -- the reason is very evident. No lawsuits and lower standards = less cost.
You are probably accurate in asserting that there may be much cheaper health care systems in other countries with comparable quality as the US but such systems likely involve a heavily socialized healthcare system. Philosophy of the US since its very foundation is a laissez faire approach to government. Legendaries such as Thomas Jefferson adamently believed in a small central government with restricted interference in the affairs of the nation's citizens. Such a belief very much resembles the modern day Libertarian Party--low taxes, small central government, laissez-faire economic system, and a limited role in the day to day affairs of Americans. I believe that in addition to Libertarians, very many conservatives similarly feel that the role of government is to govern and defend the nation--not to provide a socialized welfare system by, in their eyes, stealing money from hard working people and distributing it out to the poorer elements of society. If there is a way to reduce the cost of healthcare without implementing a socialized system there would likely be far less opposition to expanding health care coverage in the US.
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Uninsured
Of course now, almost 30 years later, it seems utterly foolish not to press charges of gross negligence. But far too late obviously.
The vast majority of services offered in India are provided by the government. The expectation there is that the government is responsible for almost everything. Historically the people there have been extremely pro-labor. It is extremely difficult to fire any government employee. In fact in most cases the supervisor has to prove beyond a resonable doubt that the a fired employee is incompetent. If there is even a little doubt the firing is overturned. So if a person is the victim of a grossly negligent or undertrained doctor, the legal system there is such that the doctor in question will not be fired unless he has been consistently horrible and negligent (resulting in many deaths).
The result is that accountability is stunted and the negligent continue with their duties without much more than a slap on the wrist. People sometimes wonder why there is so much corruption over there. I don't -- the reason is very evident. No lawsuits and lower standards = less cost.
You are probably accurate in asserting that there may be much cheaper health care systems in other countries with comparable quality as the US but such systems likely involve a heavily socialized healthcare system. Philosophy of the US since its very foundation is a laissez faire approach to government. Legendaries such as Thomas Jefferson adamently believed in a small central government with restricted interference in the affairs of the nation's citizens. Such a belief very much resembles the modern day Libertarian Party--low taxes, small central government, laissez-faire economic system, and a limited role in the day to day affairs of Americans. I believe that in addition to Libertarians, very many conservatives similarly feel that the role of government is to govern and defend the nation--not to provide a socialized welfare system by, in their eyes, stealing money from hard working people and distributing it out to the poorer elements of society. If there is a way to reduce the cost of healthcare without implementing a socialized system there would likely be far less opposition to expanding health care coverage in the US.