I’m not confusing one for another, this entire exchange I’ve been talking about the industry at large. CEO pay was one focus, healthcare wages are another, insurance company profits are something else. It’s all part of the same system that exorbitantly overpriced and very ineffective for the cost.
$370B = $370B from health expenses……paid by the insured (us).
8% profit is still $22B. It may be slim compared to revenue but that’s $22B in profit made from citizens who often aren’t even getting the care they’re paying for.
penncapital-star.com/…/americans-suffer-when-heal…
Quantifying a qualitative product inevitably leads to a deterioration of the quality of the product.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
And what is your solution ? You just want to eliminate health insurance ?
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
No, I think we should limit the cost of drugs based solely on cost to manufacture and distribute, and pay those operational costs.
I think we should expect to receive healthcare from medical professionals and pay them for their time and operational costs.
I think private health insurance existing as an optional, supplemental option is a step in the correct direction.
I think profiting off such a system is parasitic to out wellbeing and detrimental to the betterment of society.
Ultimately we need to look at healthcare and education as an investment in our country’s well-being.
A population that is healthy, educated and safe is a population that can fight better and innovate more. A country that fails to produce an effective population is not a successful country for long.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
If we payed for the research. I agree. Otherwise companies will just spend less on research. I don’t mind capping margins unless they don’t enforce the patent.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Yeah research is part of the cost to manufacture cause you first need to know what you’re making hahaha.
Margin-capping isn’t even something we should consider when you don’t run it for profit.
I think the people should own the means of production where it makes sense. Healthcare is an obvious example because it’s a service directly for us.
People getting rich and making millions off the suffering of an unhealthy population is morally wrong.